Released
The Name of the Rose
September 24 1986 (over 38 years ago)Rating
75
Based on
3004 reviews
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Writers: Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Runtime: 2 h 10 m
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $77,200,000
- Countries: France, Germany, Italy
- Companies: Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI, Constantin Film
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.
