Sean Connery
William of Baskerville
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Jan 1, 2001 · 365,504 ratings13,007 reviews. The year is 1327. Benedictines in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas ...
The Name of the Rose, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in Italian in 1980. Although the work stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of “ truth ” from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
The Name of the Rose. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. 2,946 IMDb 7.7 2 h 6 min 1986. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Historical · International. Freevee (with ads) Watch with Prime. Start your 30-day free trial.
Rated: 1/4 • Apr 19, 2016. 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 ...
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The Name of the Rose was adapted into a 1986 film starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater. The movie received mixed reviews, including from Eco, who critiqued its simplification of the book’s political and theological content: “A book like this is a club sandwich, with turkey, salami, tomato, cheese, lettuce.
The movie opens with the arrival of Franciscan friar William of Baskerville ( Sean Connery) and his novice assistant, Adso of Melk ( Christian Slater) at a Benedictine Abbey in Northern Italy in 1327. They are there to attend an important conference. The abbey is in fear, however, over the recent death of one of their young monks, a brilliant ...
The Name of the Rose is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on the novel of the same name written by Umberto Eco. It stars Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin & Michael Lonsdale. Music is scored by James Horner and cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli. Sean does Sherlock the Monk.
