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Name of the Rose (The)
Original Title
Der Name der Rose- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Writer: Umberto Eco; Andrew Birkin
- Producer: Franco Cristaldi; Jake Eberts
CGiii Comment
Possibly Connery's finest hour - which wouldn't be difficult having had made so many turkeys - the man simply can't act.
It takes a fine director to get a decent performance out of him - Annaud succeeds.
Only the very brave would consider adapting the detail-rich Eco novel and Annaud certainly succeeds visually.
The words are a problem - delivered, perhaps, by a better actor - they may have had a fighting chance.
Dark and Gothic - with a few problems.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 monk, 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.
Cast & Characters
Sean Connery as William of Baskerville;
Christian Slater as Adso of Melk;
Helmut Qualtinger as Remigio da Varagine;
Elya Baskin as Severinus;
Michael Lonsdale as The Abbot;
Volker Prechtel as Malachia;
Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Jorge de Burgos;
William Hickey as Ubertino da Casale;
Michael Habeck as Berengar;
Urs Althaus as Venantius;
Valentina Vargas as The Girl;
Ron Perlman as Salvatore;
Leopoldo Trieste as Michele da Cesena;
Franco Valobra as Jerome of Kaffa;
Vernon Dobtcheff as Hugh of Newcastle