William of Baskerville
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A historical mystery film based on Umberto Eco's novel, starring Sean Connery as a Franciscan friar investigating a series of murders in a medieval abbey. The film explores themes of knowledge, comedy, and heresy, and features a hidden library with Aristotle's works.
The Name of the Rose: Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
- (119K)
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1986-09-24
In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has...
- (25)
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- R
- Sean Connery
As more murders occur William follows the clues leading to the library where the books connected to the murderer have been hidden. Adso meanwhile is stuck between finding the knowledge of the ...
- 2 min
- 953.5K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
In 1327, a Franciscan monk and his pupil (Connery and Christian Slater) arrive at a monastery in northern Italy to attend an important theological Roman Church conference. When monks are found dead in mysterious ways, William (Connery) winds up being the Medieval version of Sherlock Holmes.
After a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William von Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death.
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