William of Baskerville
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The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa [il ˈnoːme della ˈrɔːza]) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
Sep 24, 1986 · A 1986 film adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel, starring Sean Connery as a Franciscan monk investigating a series of murders in a medieval abbey. See cast, crew, plot, reviews, trivia, goofs, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1986-09-24
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Name of the Rose is a profoundly nihilistic book. It is ostensibly a book about a murder mystery: A man, a monk rather, Brother William, arrives with his assistant, Adso, at an abbey high in the Italian Alps.
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- Paperback
In 1327, William of Baskerviller, an intellectually nonconformist but respected monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey in hopes of resolving matters before the Holy Inquisition can get involved. 3,064 IMDb 7.7 2 h 11 min 1986. Drama · Suspense · Cerebral · Serious.
All episodes of The Name of the Rose. In 1327, a Franciscan friar is asked to investigate the unfortunate death of a monk.
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.
