The Name of the Rose (1986)

Cast

Sean Connery
as William of Baskerville
Ron Perlman
as Salvatore
Christian Slater
as Adso of Melk
F. Murray Abraham
as Bernardo Gui

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Genres & Description

Action Crime Drama History Mystery Thriller

7.8 / 10

1327. 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 of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.

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Comments on this trailer
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Beatrice Nkundwa

A book was stolen or lost will it ever been found? They had to reconstitute it. - @Friday, November 23, 2018 9:35 PM

Joe Peroni

This movie must have the ugliest cast of characters ever assembled for a movie! The only "non uglies" being the two main characters, Sean Connery and Christian Slater! - @Tuesday, November 6, 2018 4:08 AM

Diego Pisfil Ramirez

Christian Slater looks like if Logan Lerman and Tom Holland had a baby - @Wednesday, October 3, 2018 4:52 AM

Phil John

This is an incredible film - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:08 PM

Chris Wallace

Apparently the nun is based on this film - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 3:49 AM

Allistur

There is gonna be a tv-series of this in 2019. Pretty good cast if you ask me. I'm actually excited ( Doesn't happen alot these days with cinema ) - @Tuesday, September 11, 2018 2:56 PM

hydrakn

How this influenced Berserk is apparent even in the visuals from the trailer, interesting. - @Sunday, September 9, 2018 2:43 AM

lealsan

Thanks - @Tuesday, September 4, 2018 6:01 PM

Tom omeara

The trailer was the film basically - @Tuesday, August 21, 2018 3:23 PM

Eva Rose

Sign of the cross - Iron Maiden \m/ - @Saturday, August 11, 2018 7:09 PM

Invalidpoint

..did the trailer just spoil a huge plot point about the murder? - @Sunday, August 5, 2018 4:39 PM

Alex Santiago

The trailer could have kept things a bit more close to the vest, but it isn't true that it gives the movie away. Umberto Eco's book was a jewel, because he used a mystery as an excuse to have a philosophical discussion about reason and faith, at a time in which faith remained the main vehicle to understand life. Even if the trailer outright gave away the killer and his method, which it didn't, it would still be worthwhile to watch, since you would want to see Sean Connery playing a religious version of Sherlock Holmes, to learn the real motive behind the crime, and its implications for a time in which people still weren´t ready to use reason as our main tool to understand the world. - @Friday, July 13, 2018 4:19 PM

fiqipraramadhan

Too many fillers for an over 2 hours long movie. - @Thursday, July 5, 2018 9:03 PM

Beatrice Nkundwa

Literature leads to human sciences and therefore to Latin. - @Sunday, June 24, 2018 2:13 PM

TYRANT

this is my favourite movie!! - @Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:42 PM

necko beg

One of the best comedian ever ahahahhaaaaaahaha - @Friday, May 11, 2018 8:52 PM

Alex Davies

Hopefully Sean Connery will be remembered for the films that stretched his acting ability - like the above. - @Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:06 PM

DeadOfNight80

Great book and great movie. But I recommed at first to read a book, because as always, there are many scenes, that weren't shown in film. - @Saturday, February 17, 2018 4:51 PM

Javi Marín

como que hd hijo de la gran puta? - @Sunday, February 4, 2018 8:57 PM

quothetheraven79

This trailer used to be on the 1st printing of Labyrinth on VHS. Needless to say it wasn’t the best choice lol - @Monday, January 22, 2018 6:13 AM

Delores Rivera

Amen! - @Friday, November 24, 2017 8:01 PM

desanjose Kristina

Watched this movie several years ago. about 10or 9years . It fascinated me. - @Friday, November 10, 2017 10:31 AM

Kreuhn Kohrman

Book and film are both really unfair to the historical figure Bernard Gui.. but okay, maybe that's what we call artistic freedom - @Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:58 AM

Thelonius 84

I was curious when I heard about the movie, because I thought it would take at least 10 hours to make the book fit in an acceptable way. But didn't expect the movie to miss the point entirely, to be that shallow, and to miss so many opportunities to develop the characters and the plot. To those who read it, never watch it. - @Sunday, September 10, 2017 4:25 AM

K. R.

Do you know what NEMESIS means? - @Tuesday, September 5, 2017 1:13 PM

Rudolfo Rulloda

Great performance - @Saturday, August 26, 2017 6:53 PM

Kaze's Corner

you dont know the struggle, unless you have this on laserdisc. - @Tuesday, July 4, 2017 10:57 AM

Daisy DC

alguien en español por favor?? - @Wednesday, June 7, 2017 1:40 AM

S Mac

I love the nude scene. - @Sunday, March 26, 2017 10:20 PM

MementoMori

And they say modern movies give away the plot on the trailer... - @Tuesday, February 14, 2017 1:19 AM

Your mom

Perlman, Connery,Slater and all these actors + the french Jean-Jacques Annaud are pure genius Jesus fk christ, Perlman talent is fk incredible - @Monday, December 26, 2016 10:10 AM

Rampage Phoenix

This trailer always gave me the creeps as a kid. - @Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:15 AM

unscarredlife

one of the best movies ever made - @Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:40 PM

2080rock king

brilliant flim - @Thursday, November 24, 2016 6:39 PM

KaiForce

damn this movie was good - @Monday, November 21, 2016 11:59 PM

Grigori Rasputin1990

great underrated movie - @Sunday, October 9, 2016 8:53 PM

Christine Roper

who's the chota? - @Saturday, October 1, 2016 9:51 AM

Vincent Lerma

Typically anti religious bullshit. - @Saturday, September 24, 2016 4:41 PM

ye seo

JD WHY DID YOU EXPLODED YOURSELF - @Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:52 PM

Elodie Masset

NICE MOVIE ! - @Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:37 AM

2serveand2protect

The movie's much better than this petty "trailer" and the BOOK's much, MUCH better than the movie. PS. Besides the fact that they remade the charachters completely in the movie - for example - it's not any "crime solving mystery", but a clash of philosophies and views upon how the world should be run that the book presents or the fact that nor Bernard Gui neither Jorge from Burgos are "men of Faith" - they are ALL Men of Faith (even Wilhelm from Baskerville), it's just they interpret it each one in another way. Gui is a man of power - a Dominican that (quote): "is not interested in finding the responsible, just burn at the stake the accused" - he gets "kicks" from power over life and death. Jorge is the TRUE "Medieval man" - he believes God shouldn't be "explained" - just believed - period. Baskerville instead thinks just like Bacon - for him the universe is the key unlock the "mysteries of the universe", that Jorge doesn't want to unlock at ALL COSTS - EVEN IF IT MEANS MURDERING HIS BROTHERS. The "game" they play is portrayed in the movie as some CRAPPY "Sherlock Holmes-style" mystery, while in fact there's much more at stake. That "much more" takes a lot from the "dispute" (in fact a TRIAL) between St. Bernard and Abelard. PS....which (by the way) was WON BY St. BERNARD of CLAIRVAUX - since "Faith always wins over Reason"... - @Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:16 AM

harri hiltunen

erinomainen elokuva.... - @Sunday, February 28, 2016 6:43 PM

Alci Rengifo

Umberto Eco, one of the great literary minds, left us a beautiful book that was the basis for this intriguing movie. Connery's best after Marnie when it comes to non-Bond roles. - @Saturday, February 27, 2016 9:45 AM

Ivan Gomez

Umberto Eco RIP - @Saturday, February 20, 2016 6:26 AM

Lucius In Fabula

Only Americans could dumb down this movie with a trailer like this... You really can't help it folks, huh? - @Saturday, February 20, 2016 4:11 AM

Ayako G

all i have to say: CHRISTIAN SLATER - @Friday, January 22, 2016 4:01 AM

xxxTIN0xxx

My favorite movie ever, I love thrillers with an intricate plot. I've watched it for the first time when I was a kid and it took me a lot to understand this detective story. A masterpiece. - @Monday, July 13, 2015 9:55 PM

Zackary Gomez

Are all they all thinking critically? - @Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:12 AM

Jaime Dias Lenzarini

a time when go to the movies was to see a movie and not a video game disguised movie - @Friday, April 24, 2015 9:25 AM

Kronic Shade

for a movie about a murder mystery this trailer sure doesn't leave much mystery left.. - @Thursday, April 9, 2015 12:14 PM