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

1986

39 minutes

DocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Top Cast

Jean-Jacques Annaud headshot

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Self

Umberto Eco headshot

Umberto Eco

Self

Sean Connery headshot

Sean Connery

Self

Dante Ferretti headshot

Dante Ferretti

Self

Bernd Eichinger headshot

Bernd Eichinger

Self

Jacques Le Goff headshot

Jacques Le Goff

Self

F. Murray Abraham headshot

F. Murray Abraham

Self

Helmut Qualtinger headshot

Helmut Qualtinger

Self

Christian Slater headshot

Christian Slater

Self

Volker Prechtel headshot

Volker Prechtel

Self

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. headshot

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Self

Michael Lonsdale headshot

Michael Lonsdale

Self

Tonino Delli Colli headshot

Tonino Delli Colli

Self

Michael Habeck headshot

Michael Habeck

Self

Ron Perlman headshot

Ron Perlman

Self (uncredited)

Valentina Vargas headshot

Valentina Vargas

Self (uncredited)