The Name of the Rose

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The Name of the Rose (2019)

12 Drama, Mystery, War & Politics

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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.

Series Cast

John Turturro

William of Baskerville

8 Episodes
Rupert Everett

Bernardo Gui

8 Episodes
Damian Hardung

Adso of Melk

8 Episodes
Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Remigio of Varagine

8 Episodes
Tchéky Karyo

Pope John XXII

8 Episodes
Greta Scarano

Anna / Margherita

8 Episodes
Richard Sammel

Malachi of Hildesheim

8 Episodes
Stefano Fresi

Salvatore of Montferrat

8 Episodes
Roberto Herlitzka

Alinardo of Grottaferrata

8 Episodes
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Miniseries

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2019 • 8 Episodes

Season 1 of The Name of the Rose premiered on March 4, 2019.

Episode 8

(1x8, March 25, 2019) Season Finale

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A review by leonardo deapertyoon 3

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Written by leonardo deapertyoon 3 on June 13, 2019

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... read the rest.

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