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The Name of the Rose
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 occurred. More deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden.
1961
6 October 1905, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
15 September 1930, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
23 April 1944, Grönenbach, Germany
20 March 1934, Obrawalde, Meseritz, West Prussia, Germany [now Obrzyce, Miedzyrzecz, Lubuskie, Poland]
8 October 1928, Vienna, Austria
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great actingJanuary 24, 2003
A well-played medieval murder mystery, featuring a lot of good-looking men with really bad haircuts.August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.April 22, 2005
A great mystery until the end. Connery and Abraham throw sparks each time they meet.April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle actingMay 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.August 31, 2016
Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.November 29, 2002
Marvelous adaptation of a complex Umberto Eco novel. Christian Slater's first feature role.