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The Name Of The Rose
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Name der Rose, Der (1986)

Directed by
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writing credits
Andrew Birkin
Gérard Brach

Genre: Mystery

Tagline: Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?

Plot Outline: An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Connery  ....  William of Baskerville

His name pays homage to both: a) William of Occam (1285-1349?), an English philosopher and Scholastic theologian and b) Arthur Conan Doyle (author of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", a Sherlock Holmes novel published in 1902)

Christian Slater ....  Adson von Melk
Helmut Qualtinger .... Remigio de Varagine
Elya Baskin  ....  Severinus
Michel Lonsdale  ....  The Abbot
Volker Prechtel  ....  Malachia
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.  ....  Jorge de Burgos

• named after Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

William Hickey (I)  ....  Ubertino de Casale
Michael Habeck  ....  Berengar
Urs Althaus  ....  Venantius
Valentina Vargas  ....  The Girl
Ron Perlman  ....  Salvatore

• Ron Perlman is a lefty

Also Known As:
Name of the Rose, The (1986) (USA)
Nom de la rose, Le (1986) (France)
Nome della rosa, Il (1986) (Italy)
Runtime: Sweden:130 / 130
Country: Italy / France / West Germany
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: 70mm 6-Track / Dolby
Certification: USA:R / UK:18 / Germany:16 / Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15 / Norway:15 / France:U

• Anomalog: Mystery Of The Abbey - Boardgame Based on The Name Of The Rose
• trip hop track _4 Dead Monks (Original Demo)_ MP3 (320k) by Red Snapper off of _We Are Reasonable People_ compilation CD on Warp #100 (1998)
  • cinematic trip hop track _4 Dead Monks_ MP3 off of _Making Bones_ on Matador (1998)
• breaks track _Enter The Monk (Freq Nasty Mix)_ MP3 (192k) by Monk & Canatella off of _Slagger_ CD5 on Telstar (2000)
• track _Hey Hey We're The Monks_ MP3 (160k) by Cabbageboy off of _Genetically Modified_ CD on Ntone (1999)
• memeflow: The Monkees

samples by Fields Of The Nephilim:  

• track _Endemoniada_ MP3 off of _The Nephilim_
• sample:  "Penitenziagitae"
• track _Last Exit For The Lost_ MP3 off of _The Nephilim_
• sample: [choir singing with crying librarian in foreground] (Pure sound effect)

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