SeriesTV-MA2019·52m·7.0

The Name of the Rose

DramaMysteryWar & Politics

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.

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Cast

John Turturro

William of Baskerville

Rupert Everett

Bernardo Gui

Damian Hardung

Adso of Melk

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Remigio of Varagine

Greta Scarano

Anna / Margherita

Richard Sammel

Malachi of Hildesheim

Stefano Fresi

Salvatore of Montferrat

Roberto Herlitzka

Alinardo of Grottaferrata

Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Nicola of Morimondo

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

James Cosmo

Jorge of Burgos

Michael Emerson

Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot

Rinat Khismatouline

Cardinal du Pouget

David Brandon

Hugh of Newcastle

Peter Davison

Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

Maurizio Lombardi

Berengario da Arundel

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Details

Status
Ended
Network
Rai 1
First aired
2019-03-04
Last aired
2019-03-25
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Languages
Italian, French, English, Spanish
Age rating
TV-MA
Production
11 Marzo FilmPalomarRAITele München

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Reviews

leonardo deapertyoon 3

6/13/2019

5.0

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.