The Name of the Rose
Rai 1
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.
Executive Producer
John TurturroCast
John Turturro
William of Baskerville
Rupert Everett
Bernardo Gui
Damian Hardung
Adso of Melk
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Remigio of Varagine
Greta Scarano
Anna / Margherita
Richard Sammel
Malachi of Hildesheim
Stefano Fresi
Salvatore of Montferrat
Roberto Herlitzka
Alinardo of Grottaferrata
Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Nicola of Morimondo
Antonia Fotaras
The Occitan Girl
Benjamin Stender
Benno of Uppsala
Claudio Bigagli
Gerolamo of Caffa
Corrado Invernizzi
Michele of Cesena
Max Malatesta
Aymaro of Alessandria
James Cosmo
Jorge of Burgos
Michael Emerson
Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot
Rinat Khismatouline
Cardinal du Pouget
David Brandon
Hugh of Newcastle
Peter Davison
Old Adso / Narrator (voice)
Maurizio Lombardi
Berengario da Arundel