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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sean Connery | ... | William von Baskerville | |
| Christian Slater | ... | Adso von Melk | |
| Helmut Qualtinger | ... | Remigio de Varagine | |
| Elya Baskin | ... | Severinus | |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Der Abt | |
| Volker Prechtel | ... | Malachia | |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | ... | Jorge de Burgos | |
| William Hickey | ... | Ubertino de Casale | |
| Michael Habeck | ... | Berengar | |
| Urs Althaus | ... | Venantius | |
| Valentina Vargas | ... | Das Mädchen | |
| Ron Perlman | ... | Salvatore | |
| Leopoldo Trieste | ... | Michele da Cesena | |
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Franco Valobra | ... | Jerome of Kaffa |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Hugh of Newcastle | |
1327. After a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William von Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui. Written by Rick Munoz <rick.munoz@his.com>
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I remember this film made a huge impression on me when I first saw it in the cinema almost 20 years ago. I think I watched it three times in a couple of months. Recently, I purchased the DVD and my memory did not prove me wrong, the film is still great. It is a quite free adaption of Umberto Eco's novel, and if you have just recently read it, you may be irritated by all the deviations from the story of the book. But it is important to remember that to fit a 600-page, quite academic novel into a two-hour movie one just have to make adjustments. In fact, I have to admit that I think the movie is superior to the book. The book is very good indeed, but to my taste slightly too dry. The movie is perhaps more "shallow", but it has a totally unique atmosphere and an exciting plot. Sean Connery does one of his best, if not the best, role as a combination of Sherlock Holmes and a medieval philosopher. Very entertaining indeed! If you buy the DVD, the extra material is almost as interesting as the movie itself. The almost two-hour interview with the director Annaud is very inspiring, and he really comes over as almost a renaissance man. Very thoughtful, yet energetic and with a real purpose to his work. I remember when I first saw the movie, that I felt I had never seen any movie which so convincingly pictured life in the middle ages. When we hear about all the painstaking work that went into making the movie historically correct, this is no surprise.