

The Name of the Rose
Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.
Cast & crew

Richard Sammel
Malachi of Hildesheim

Peter Davison
Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

Maurizio Lombardi
Berengario da Arundel

John Turturro
William of Baskerville

Roberto Herlitzka
Alinardo of Grottaferrata

Michael Emerson
Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot

James Cosmo
Jorge of Burgos

David Brandon
Hugh of Newcastle

Rupert Everett
Bernardo Gui

Damian Hardung
Adso of Melk

Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Nicola of Morimondo

Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Remigio of Varagine

Greta Scarano
Anna / Margherita

Stefano Fresi
Salvatore of Montferrat

Antonia Fotaras
The Occitan Girl

Benjamin Stender
Benno of Uppsala

Claudio Bigagli
Gerolamo of Caffa

Corrado Invernizzi
Michele of Cesena

Max Malatesta
Aymaro of Alessandria

Rinat Khismatouline
Cardinal du Pouget

Stefano Scherini
Piero of Todi
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Reviews
leonardo deapertyoon 3
I was really looking forward to this adaptation, although on the whole I guessed that a work of this magnitude would hardly succumb at the second attempt. Guess ... Of course, during the viewing it was not possible to avoid comparisons with the 1986 film, and this is what happened. In the old film version was almost immaculate hit with a choice of actors. All But the huge miscalculation is that, due to the lack of screen time, they simply cut off the entire boundless field of medieval culture, leaving a detective line, and expanded the melodrama unnecessarily - even the name was interpreted in this vein. The reasons are clear, but the film did not win. In fairness, the new series adheres to the book's interpretation of the title.
