The Name of the Rose (2019)
Original title: Il nome della rosa
The Name of the Rose is a 2019 Italian-language drama series. It stars John Turturro, Rupert Everett and Damian Hardung.
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.
Cast
- John Turturro as William of Baskerville
- Rupert Everett as Bernardo Gui
- Damian Hardung as Adso of Melk
- Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Remigio of Varagine
- Tchéky Karyo as Pope John XXII
- Greta Scarano as Anna / Margherita
- Richard Sammel as Malachi of Hildesheim
- Stefano Fresi as Salvatore of Montferrat
- Roberto Herlitzka as Alinardo of Grottaferrata
- Fausto Maria Sciarappa as Nicola of Morimondo
- Antonia Fotaras as The Occitan Girl
- Benjamin Stender as Benno of Uppsala
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