Basic Info
Release: October 11, 1986
Runtime: 39 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (4 votes)
Status: Released

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

1986 39 min ⭐ 6.5/10 4 votes
Overview

A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.

Genres
Documentary TV Movie
Production Countries
  • Germany
Spoken Languages
  • German de
  • English en
  • French fr
  • Italian it

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Cast
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Self
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
Self
Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Self
Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti
Self
Bernd Eichinger
Bernd Eichinger
Self
Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le Goff
Self
F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
Self
Helmut Qualtinger
Helmut Qualtinger
Self
Christian Slater
Christian Slater
Self
Volker Prechtel
Volker Prechtel
Self
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Self
Michael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale
Self
Crew
Sylvia Strasser
Director
Wolfgang Würker
Director
Günter Handwerker
Cinematography
Hans Fromm
Cinematography
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