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04/03/2019 Drama, Mystery, War & Politics 0h 52m
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Overview

Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.

Top billed cast

  1. John Turturro

    William of Baskerville

  2. Rupert Everett

    Bernardo Gui

  3. Damian Hardung

    Adso of Melk

  4. Fabrizio Bentivoglio

    Remigio of Varagine

  5. Tchéky Karyo

    Pope John XXII

  6. Greta Scarano

    Anna / Margherita

  7. Richard Sammel

    Malachi of Hildesheim

  8. Stefano Fresi

    Salvatore of Montferrat

  9. Roberto Herlitzka

    Alinardo of Grottaferrata

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 2019 | 8 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by leonardo deapertyoon 3
Written by leonardo deapertyoon 3 on 2019-06-13
I was really looking forward to this adaptation, although on the whole I guessed that a work of this magnitude would hardly succumb at the second attempt. Guess ... Of course, during the viewing it was not possible to avoid comparisons with the 1986 film, and this is what happened. In the old film version was almost immaculate hit with a choice of actors. All But the huge miscalculation is that, due to the lack of screen time, they simply cut off the entire boundless field of medieval culture, leaving a detective line, and expanded the melodrama unnecessarily - even the name was interpreted in...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
Italian

Original Name
Il nome della rosa

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