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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.

2019 |1 Season  | 52m |  Drama, Mystery, War & Politics

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Cast

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John Turturro

William of Baskerville

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Rupert Everett

Bernardo Gui

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Damian Hardung

Adso of Melk

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Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Remigio of Varagine

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Greta Scarano

Anna / Margherita

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Richard Sammel

Malachi of Hildesheim

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Stefano Fresi

Salvatore of Montferrat

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Roberto Herlitzka

Alinardo of Grottaferrata

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Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Nicola of Morimondo

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Antonia Fotaras

The Occitan Girl

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Benjamin Stender

Benno of Uppsala

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Claudio Bigagli

Gerolamo of Caffa

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Corrado Invernizzi

Michele of Cesena

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Max Malatesta

Aymaro of Alessandria

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James Cosmo

Jorge of Burgos

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Michael Emerson

Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot

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Rinat Khismatouline

Cardinal du Pouget

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David Brandon

Hugh of Newcastle

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Peter Davison

Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

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Status

Ended

Languages

English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Occitan, French

Network

Rai 1