The Name Of Rose
In the 14th century, William of Baskerville, an intellectually nonconformist Franciscan friar, and his apprentice travel to an isolated abbey to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.
1925, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
31 October 1969, Rome, Lazio, Italy
31 December 1964, Santiago, Chile
9 December 1945, London, England, UK
7 January 1924
13 April 1950, New York City, New York, USA
19 September 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
9 January 1956, Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany
20 October 1947, Catania, Sicily, Italy
19 March 1901, Naples, Campania, Italy
16 March 1959, Recklinghausen, Germany
9 January 1914, Chungking, China
January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.May 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.July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle actingApril 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great actingAugust 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.