The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

This German television documentary offers an intimate chronicle of daily rehearsals, filming, and the extensive behind-the-scenes process of Jean-Jacques Annaud's adaptation of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. From the actors' viewpoints to the director's conceptual approach, the film reveals how the international epic was crafted to faithfully translate Eco's best-selling novel. It exposes the challenges of mounting a production of such scale and details the creation of numerous demanding sequences, most notably the murders that unfold within the enigmatic abbey.