The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 70% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
3,395 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirector
- Andrew BirkinScreenplay
- Gérard BrachScreenplay
- Howard FranklinScreenplay
- Alain GodardScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean ConneryWilliam of Baskerville
- Christian SlaterAdso of Melk
- Helmut QualtingerRemigio da Varagine
- Elya BaskinSeverinus
- Michael LonsdaleThe Abbot
- Volker PrechtelMalachia
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Jorge de Burgos
- William HickeyUbertino da Casale
- Michael HabeckBerengar
- Urs AlthausVenantius
- Valentina VargasThe Girl
- Ron PerlmanSalvatore
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or booklibrarychristianityinquisitionmonkpoisonsecret passagereligionlabyrinthrichmiddle ages (476-1453)persecution
The Best Movies of 1986
The Name of the Rose is #42 of 60
