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In the 14th century, William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a renowned Franciscan monk, and his apprentice, Adso of Melk (Christian Slater), travel to an abbey where a suspicious death has occurred. More deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden.
19 March 1901, Naples, Campania, Italy
3 May 1917, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
20 July 1963, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
26 January 1934, Rome, Lazio, Italy
6 October 1905, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
6 March 1956, Rieti, Italy
7 January 1924
9 May 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy
8 October 1928, Vienna, Austria
11 August 1950, Riga, USSR [now Latvia]
15 September 1930, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
19 January 1942, Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
1961
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great actingAugust 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]May 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.August 31, 2016
Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.April 22, 2005
A great mystery until the end. Connery and Abraham throw sparks each time they meet.November 29, 2002
Marvelous adaptation of a complex Umberto Eco novel. Christian Slater's first feature role.January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.January 24, 2003
A well-played medieval murder mystery, featuring a lot of good-looking men with really bad haircuts.July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle acting