The Name of the Rose (1986)
| Release Date | 24 September 1986 |
| Budget | $17,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $7,000,000 |
| Tagline | Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder? |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime |
| Country | FranceItalyWest Germany |
| Filming Locations | Abruzzo, Italy |
| Language | English, Latin |
| Sound Mix | 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Period Film, Detective Film, Gothic Film, Whodunit |
| Mood | Spellbinders |
| Themes | Amateur Sleuths, Murder Investigations, Members of the Clergy |
| Tones | Literate, Creepy, Ominous, Atmospheric, Gloomy, Talky |
| Tags | Amateur Detective, Book, Church, Heretic, Investigation, Investigator, Kill, Monastery, Monk, Murder, Religion |
The Name of the Rose (original title, ) is a 1986 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk, who are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Volker Prechtel
Malachia
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Jorge de Burgos
Michael Habeck
Berengar
Urs Althaus
Venantius
Franco Valobra
Jerome of Kaffa
Vernon Dobtcheff
Hugh of Newcastle
Donald O'Brien
Pietro d'Assisi
Andrew Birkin
Cuthbert of Winchester
Lucien Bodard
Cardinal Bertrand
Peter Berling
Jean d'Anneaux
Pete Lancaster
Bishop of Alborea
Dwight Weist
Voice of Adso as an Old Man
Franco Adducci
Monk
Niko Brücher
Monk
Aristide Caporale
Monk
Fabio Carfora
Monk
Peter Clös
Monk
Mario Diano
Monk
Fabrizio Fontana
Monk
Rolando Fucili
Monk
Valerio Isidori
Monk
Luigi Leoni
Monk
Armando Marra
Monk
Maurizio Mauri
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
Patric Kreuzer
Novice
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
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
Gaston Bonheur
Monk
Director
Writer
Andrew Birkin
Gérard Brach
Howard Franklin
Alain Godard
Producer
Jake Eberts
executive producer
Pierre Hébey
associate producer
Alexandre Mnouchkine
co-producer
Bernd Schaefers
producer
Thomas Schühly
executive producer
Herman Weigel
associate producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Tonino Delli Colli
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Editor
Jane Seitz
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Casting Director
Gianni Arduini
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Celestia Fox
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David Rubin
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Sabine Schroth
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Lynn Stalmaster
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Production Designer
Art Director
Giorgio Giovannini
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Rainer Schaper
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Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Gabriella Pescucci
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Makeup Department
Klaus Börmert
special makeup effects artist
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
Maurizio Silvi
special makeup effects artist
Hasso von Hugo
supervising makeup artist
Production Manager
Jürgen Bieske
post-production manager
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
Laura Petrella
assistant director
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
Gianni Fiumi
property master
Alfonso Fortunati
set painter
Fernando Fortunati
set painter
Susanna Giovannini
assistant art director
Norbert Iborra
storyboard artist
Gianni Indovino
blacksmith
Luigi Lattanzi
carpenter
Giorgio Legnani
carpenter
Vincenzo Marcucci
carpenter
Donato Montanaro
carpenter
Massimo Nespoli
blacksmith
Nazzareno Piana
assistant art director
Franco Pirolli
carpenter
Adriano Pirri
carpenter
Iolando Rocchetti
construction manager
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
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
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
Mel Kutbay
foley artist
Willy Leitenstorfer
assistant adr mixer
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
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
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
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
Alberto Spiazzi
wardrobe master
Eveline Stösser
wardrobe
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
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 , continuity coordinator
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
Jean-Claude Bonne
architecture advisor
Barbara Boudier
production secretary
John Brownjohn
translator: English
Fausto Capozzi
supervising accountant
Gian Carlo Ciotti
supervising accountant
Christopher Cruise
script advisor, dialogue director
Père Desbonnet
liturgy advisor
Christopher Doherty
dialogue consultant
Daniella Edelburg
assistant to producers
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
Françoise Piponnier
props advisor
Roswitha Polosek
production coordinator
Fiammeta Profili
production secretary
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 Company
Neue Constantin Film
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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Cristaldifilm
Rai Uno Radiotelevisione Italiana
Les Films Ariane
France 3 Cinéma
Distributor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA)
Adyton International
Aquarius TV
Arcade Movie Company
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Constantin Film
Embassy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
,
Nelson Entertainment
PolyGram Video
Sandrew Film & Teater
Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland
TF1 Vidéo
Transmundo Films
Transmundo Home Video (THV)
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Miscellaneous
Lynn Stalmaster & Associates
casting
Bavaria Studios
post-production services
Clausing & Wrede
construction manager
Union Studios
music recorded at
Tirelli Costumi
costumes
L.C.P. di Pompei
shoes
Arco Due
lighting and camera equipment
Franco Petracca & Co.
lamps
Kodak
film stock
Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V.
financial services provided by
Completion Bond Company
completion guarantee supplied by
Euro-Titres
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Films directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Black and White in Color (1976)
Coup de tête (1979)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
His Majesty Minor (2007)
La guerre du feu (1981)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Bear (1988)
The Lover (1992)
The Name of the Rose
Two Brothers (2004)
Wings of Courage (1995)
