Der Name der Rose (1986)

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers:

Umberto Eco (novel)
Andrew Birkin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller | Crime

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Death | Abbey | Monk | Franciscan | Apocalypse

Awards:

Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 14 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	William of Baskerville
Christian Slater	...	Adso of Melk
Helmut Qualtinger	...	Remigio da Varagine
Elya Baskin	...	Severinus
Michael Lonsdale	...	The Abbot
Volker Prechtel	...	Malachia
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Jorge de Burgos
William Hickey	...	Ubertino da Casale
Michael Habeck	...	Berengar
Urs Althaus	...	Venantius
Valentina Vargas	...	The Girl
Ron Perlman	...	Salvatore
Leopoldo Trieste	...	Michele da Cesena
Franco Valobra	...	Jerome of Kaffa
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Hugh of Newcastle
Donald O'Brien	...	Pietro d'Assisi (as Donal O'Brian)
Andrew Birkin	...	Cuthbert of Winchester
F. Murray Abraham	...	Bernardo Gui
Lucien Bodard	...	Cardinal Bertrand
Peter Berling	...	Jean d'Anneaux
Pete Lancaster	...	Bishop of Alborea
Dwight Weist	...	Voice of Adso as an Old Man (voice)
Franco Adducci	...	Monk
Niko Brücher	...	Monk
Aristide Caporale	...	Monk (as Aristide Caporali)
Fabio Carfora	...	Monk
Peter Clös	...	Monk
Mario Diano	...	Monk
Fabrizio Fontana	...	Monk
Rolando Fucili	...	Monk
Valerio Isidori	...	Monk
Luigi Leoni	...	Monk (as Luigi Leone)
Armando Marra	...	Monk
Maurizio Mauri	...	Monk
Ludger Pistor	...	Monk
Francesco Scali	...	Monk
Maria Tedeschi	...	Monk
Andrea Tilli	...	Monk
Ennio Lollainni	...	Swineherd
Emil Feist	...	Swineherd
Francesco Maselli	...	Swineherd
Renato Nebolini	...	Swineherd
Antonio Cetta	...	Peasant
Franco Covielleo	...	Peasant
Daniele Ferretti	...	Peasant
Sabatino Gennardo	...	Peasant
Luciano Invidia	...	Peasant
Mauro Leoni	...	Peasant
Massimiliano Scarpa	...	Peasant
Umberto Zuanelli	...	Peasant
Mark Bellinghaus	...	Jorge's Novice
David Furtwaengler	...	Novice (as David Furtwängler)
Patric Kreuzer	...	Novice (as Patrick Kreuzer)
Kim Rossi Stuart	...	Novice (as Kim Rossi-Stuart)
Lars Bodin-Jorgensen	...	Adelmo
Franco Diogene	...	Papal Envoy
Giordano Falzoni	...	Papal Envoy
Eckehard Koch	...	Papal Envoy
Gina Poli	...	Papal Envoy
Gianni Rizzo	...	Papal Envoy
Lothar Schoenbrodt	...	Papal Envoy (as Lothar Schönbrodt)
Vittorio Zarfati	...	Papal Envoy
Carlo Bianchino	...	Papal Guard
Eugenio Bonardi	...	Inquisition Guard
Pietro Ceccarelli	...	Inquisition Guard
Franco Marino	...	Inquisition Guard
Hans Schödel	...	Inquisition Guard
Peter Welz	...	Nero
Alberto Capone	...	Executioner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gaston Bonheur	...	Monk (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writing credits
Umberto Eco		(novel "Il nome della rosa")
Andrew Birkin		(screenplay) &
Gérard Brach		(screenplay) &
Howard Franklin		(screenplay) &
Alain Godard		(screenplay)
Jean-Jacques Annaud		uncredited

Produced by
Franco Cristaldi	....	co-producer
Jake Eberts	....	executive producer
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Pierre Hébey	....	associate producer (as Pierre Hebey)
Alexandre Mnouchkine	....	co-producer
Bernd Schaefers	....	producer
Thomas Schühly	....	executive producer
Herman Weigel	....	associate producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Tonino Delli Colli

Film Editing by
Jane Seitz

Casting by
Gianni Arduini
Dominique Besnehard
Celestia Fox
David Rubin
Sabine Schroth
Lynn Stalmaster

Production Design by
Dante Ferretti

Art Direction by
Giorgio Giovannini
Rainer Schaper

Set Decoration by
Francesca Lo Schiavo

Costume Design by
Gabriella Pescucci

Makeup Department
Klaus Börmert	....	special makeup effects artist (as Klaus Boerrnert)
Renato Francola	....	special makeup effects artist
Margrit Guthmann	....	makeup artist
Ilona Herman	....	makeup artist: Mr. Connery
Frederike Reimer	....	makeup artist
Gerhard Reitinger	....	makeup artist
Hans Jürgen Schmelzle	....	makeup artist (as Hans-Jürgen Schmelzle)
Maurizio Silvi	....	special makeup effects artist
Hasso von Hugo	....	supervising makeup artist

Production Management
Jürgen Bieske	....	post-production manager (as Jürgen Bieske-Feddern)
Franco Coduti	....	production manager: Italy
Marco Giannoni	....	unit manager
Kirsten Hager	....	unit manager
Wulf E. Hoffer	....	unit manager
Jürgen Kussatz	....	unit manager
Gerald Morin	....	production supervisor
Ike Werk	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gianni Arduini	....	first assistant director
Stefano Eco	....	assistant director
Enrico Marrari	....	assistant director (as Andrea Marrari)
Laura Petrella	....	assistant director (as Laura Petrella-Elek)
Margot Rothkirch	....	second assistant director
Victor Tourjansky	....	first assistant director
Pierpaulo Trezzini	....	assistant director
Knut Winkler	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Laurence Duval Annaud	....	storyboard supervisor
Fausto Baldinelli	....	blacksmith
Gabriele Binder	....	assistant art director
Michelangelo Borea	....	blacksmith
Roberto Caracciolo	....	manuscript illuminator
Renato Carmelini	....	manuscript illuminator
Franco Ceraolo	....	assistant set decorator
Alberto Chiovenda	....	plasterer
Mario Cinti	....	set painter
Attilo Crisara	....	assistant plasterer
Filomeno Crisara	....	sculptor
Pietro D'Antoni	....	carpenter
Aldo De Bonis	....	assistant property master
Nicola Di Salvo	....	blacksmith (as Nicola Di Salvio)
Gianni Fiumi	....	property master
Alfonso Fortunati	....	set painter
Fernando Fortunati	....	set painter
Susanna Giovannini	....	assistant art director
Norbert Iborra	....	storyboard artist
Gianni Indovino	....	blacksmith (as Giovanni Indovino)
Luigi Lattanzi	....	carpenter
Giorgio Legnani	....	carpenter
Vincenzo Marcucci	....	carpenter (as Vincenzo Marucci)
Donato Montanaro	....	carpenter (as Donato Montanare)
Massimo Nespoli	....	blacksmith
Nazzareno Piana	....	assistant art director
Franco Pirolli	....	carpenter
Adriano Pirri	....	carpenter
Iolando Rocchetti	....	construction manager (as Jolando Rocchetti)
Thomas Röhrig	....	assistant property master
Michael Schlüssel	....	construction manager
Tito Sereni	....	plasterer
Luigi Sergianni	....	construction manager
Claudio Stefani	....	carpenter
Giovanni Taglialegna	....	blacksmith
Bruno Tempera	....	property buyer
Enki Bilal	....	graphic researcher (uncredited)

Sound Department
John Allis	....	stereo consultant: Dolby
Monika Bergmann	....	additional dialogue editor
Werner Böhm	....	adr mixer
Milan Bor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eva Claudius	....	dialogue editor (as Evi Claudius)
Heinz Dittlein	....	foley mixer
Friedrich M. Dosch	....	foley editor
Illo Endrulat	....	additional dialogue editor
Claudia Gehring	....	assistant dialogue editor
Heiner Harss	....	foley artist
Norbert Herzner	....	sound editor
Frank Jahn	....	production sound mixer
Ulli Kandlinger	....	adr studio manager (as Uli Kandlinger)
Mel Kutbay	....	foley artist
Willy Leitenstorfer	....	assistant adr mixer (as Willy Leitensstorfer)
Evelyn Lukas	....	assistant sound editor
Raymond Meyer	....	boom operator
Günther Ruckdeschel	....	boom operator
Christian Schubert	....	assistant re-recording mixer
John A. Williams	....	assistant dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Ignazio Maccarone	....	special effects electrician
Giancarlo Mancini	....	special effects technician
Adriano Pischiutta	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	stunts
Sergio Mioni	....	stunt coordinator
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt double
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eraldo Barbona	....	grip
Massimo Barbona	....	grip
Günther Bauer	....	grip (as Günter Bauer)
Vasco Benucci	....	focus puller
Franco Caporale	....	electrician
Bruno Colanzi	....	grip
Vittorio Contino	....	generator operator
Wolfgang Dell	....	electrician
Umberto Dessena	....	grip
Marco Di Salvo	....	generator operator
Alberto Emidi	....	key grip
Cesare Emidi	....	grip
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci	....	camera operator
Aldo Galigani	....	electrician
Umberto Leurini	....	generator operator
Richard Lindl	....	grip
Romano Mancini	....	supervising gaffer
Giorgio Palermi	....	electrician
Piero Quaglietti	....	electrician
Antonio Scaramuzza	....	second camera operator
Marco Sperduti	....	focus puller
Guido Tosi	....	focus puller
Mario Tursi	....	still photographer
Robert Willoughby	....	special still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mali Finn	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Angela Anzimani	....	seamstress
Silvia Grabowski	....	wardrobe
Adriana Masseroni	....	wardrobe
Carlo Poggioli	....	wardrobe
Kurt Schönwälder	....	wardrobe (as Kurt Schoenwälder)
Alberto Spiazzi	....	wardrobe master
Eveline Stösser	....	wardrobe (as Eveline Stoesser)
Esther Walz	....	wardrobe coordinator

Editorial Department
Andreas Althoff	....	second assistant editor
Margarethe Berchtold	....	negative cutter
Rudolf Ibelher	....	color grader
Carlo La Bella	....	color grader
Loretta Mattioli	....	editorial assistant: Italy
Nani Schumann	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Robert Hathaway	....	music editor (as Bob Hathaway)
Kurt Reichmann	....	historical music instruments
Kurt Rieth	....	choir master
Harry Schnitzler	....	music sound engineer
Rainer Standke	....	assistant music editor
Ulrich Ullmann	....	music mixer
Ian Underwood	....	synthesizer programmer

Transportation Department
Antonio Savini	....	transportation captain: Italy

Other crew
Frans J. Afman	....	financial services provided by
Daniele Alexandre-Bidon	....	contemporary manners advisor
Laurence Duval Annaud	....	assistant to director (as Laurence Duval-Annaud)
Laurence Duval Annaud	....	continuity coordinator (as Laurence Duval-Annaud)
Padre Angelo Arpa	....	religious advisor
Jean-Yves Asselin	....	location manager
François Avril	....	manuscript advisor
Luise Beitz	....	accountant
Renate Berger	....	post production secretary
Stephan Beringer	....	post production assistant (as Stefan Beringer)
Jean-Claude Bonne	....	architecture advisor
Barbara Boudier	....	production secretary
John Brownjohn	....	translator: English
Fausto Capozzi	....	supervising accountant
Gian Carlo Ciotti	....	supervising accountant (as Giancarlo Ciotti)
Christopher Cruise	....	dialogue director
Christopher Cruise	....	script advisor
Père Desbonnet	....	liturgy advisor
Christopher Doherty	....	dialogue consultant
Daniella Edelburg	....	assistant to producers (as Daniela Edelburg)
Giovanna Emidi	....	payroll
Roy Everson	....	stand-in: Mr. Connery
Walter Fiordelmondo	....	production assistant
Birte Franzen	....	bookkeeper
Anna Gross	....	production executive
Margarete Kemeny	....	pre-production secretary
Jens Kostmann	....	production assistant
Michel Lebrun	....	storyline consultant
Jacques Le Goff	....	supervising historical advisor
Edwin Leicht	....	financial controller
Raoul Leindecker	....	production assistant
Lynda Levy	....	publicity writer
Manfred Mittelbach	....	supervising auditor
Aroldo Mogiani	....	crowd manager
Marianne Munichhausen	....	assistant to producers
Evelyn Nissimoff	....	bookkeeper
Roberto Passanisi	....	production runner
Michel Pastoureau	....	heraldry advisor
Françoise Perrot	....	continuity
Titti Pesaro	....	production coordinator
Carla Pettini	....	production secretary
Angelo Pieri	....	cashier
Manuela Pineskj	....	production secretary (as Manuela Pineschi-Berger)
Françoise Piponnier	....	props advisor
Roswitha Polosek	....	production coordinator
Fiammeta Profili	....	production secretary (as Fiammetta Profili)
Michael Scheingraber	....	post production assistant
Jean-Claude Schmitt	....	comportment advisor
Klaus Schühly	....	publicity assistant
Gianni Scuro	....	production runner
Rosetta Sestili	....	liaison: Italian labor office
Luciano Tartaglia	....	accountant
Roberto Todeschi	....	production assistant
Giorgio Tregnaghi	....	controller: Italy
Ian Underwood	....	synthesizer programmer
Doug Woelk	....	post production assistant

Production Companies

• Neue Constantin Film
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
• Cristaldifilm (co-production)
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (co-production)
• Les Films Ariane (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1986) (France) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (1986) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1986) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Transmundo Films (1986) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Adyton International (2000) (Poland) (TV)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• Arcade Movie Company (1990) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Embassy Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Nelson Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• PolyGram Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Denmark) (DVD)
• TF1 Vidéo (2000) (France) (DVD)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Lynn Stalmaster & Associates  casting
• Bavaria Studios  post-production services
• Clausing & Wrede  construction manager
• Union Studios  music recorded at
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes (as Tirelli Costumes, Rome)
• L.C.P. di Pompei  shoes (as L.C.P. Pompeii)
• Arco Due  lighting and camera equipment (as Arco Due S.R.L.)
• Franco Petracca & Co.  lamps (as Franco Petracca)
• Kodak  film stock (as Eastman Kodak)
• Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V.  financial services provided by
• Completion Bond Company  completion guarantee supplied by
• Euro-Titres  titles (uncredited)

Also Known As:

The Name of the Rose (UK) (USA)
Il nome della rosa (Italy)
Le nom de la rose (France)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:14 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Spain:13 | UK:15 (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Abruzzo, Italy

Company:

Neue Constantin Film

Trivia:

One of the actors considered for the role of Salvatore was Franco Franchi, popular low-budget slapstick comedian in Italy, notorious for his rubber-face expressions. He refused the role, in spite of the international acknowledgment it brought, because he wanted to stay faithful to his image as a comedian.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When the monks proceed towards the final burning of their prisoners at the stake, Brother Berangar is among them, though he's supposed to be dead.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Voice of Adso as an Old Man: Having reached the end of my poor sinner's life, my hair now white, I prepare to leave on this parchment my testimony as to the wondrous and terrible events that I witnessed in my youth, towards the end of the year of our Lord 1327. May God grant me the wisdom and grace to be the faithful chronicler of the happenings that took place in a remote abbey in the dark north of Italy. An abbey whose name it seems, even now, pious and prudent to omit.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 33 (2008)

The Novel Predates the Davinci Code by 20 years

A number of people have commented on the similarity of this film, and the Novel by Umberto Eco, to the DaVinci Code. For those who were not born then, The Name of the Rose was published in 1980, thus predating DaVinci by about 20 or more years. I must admit that I found DaVinci to be a mass market popularization of Eco's theme, in short a "rip off". Still, it may be the popularity of Brown's novel which has resulted in Name of the Rose being brought back in a DVD version, and for that I am truly thankful.

For a film which was not favorably reviewed by the critics, it is surprising how many reviewers 20 years later are giving it a 10. Either the film wore well or tastes have changed. I loved the film first time around and was delighted to find it on DVD. Certainly the screenplay had to deviate from the philosophizing of the book. It would have been almost unwatchably "talkie" had it not, and those of us who want to read the sermons/discussions can read the book. The film stands on it's own.

The most ominous feeling for me, living in the religious and politically free thinking 21st century, was the realization that the church had such a grip on every aspect of life and thinking in the middle ages, and that any perceived repudiation of accepted Church dogma was deemed heresy and punishable by torture and a horrible death. That one group of people should wield such power, and the length they would go to to hold on to that power is truly frightening. The rigid class structure where the nobility and church owned the land which the peasants worked, and supported those above them while being kept down by those above, was very well conveyed in the film. Life was short and hard, health was poor and the plague could return at any time, carrying off those who had not been carried off by the incessant wars. Not a pleasant age to live. The period of the film is set just prior to the reformation. It is hardly surprising that the teachings of the various religious orders began to be questioned.