The Name of the Rose (miniseries)
The Name of the Rose is an historical drama television miniseries created and directed by Giacomo Battiato for RAI. It is based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. The series stars John Turturro as William of Baskerville and Rupert Everett as Bernard Gui. It was co-produced by Italian production companies 11 Marzo Film and Palomar, and distributed internationally by the Tele München Group.
The Name of the Rose premiered on 4 March 2019 on Rai 1, which commissioned the series in November 2017.Plot
Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso of Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey to participate in a dispute over the evangelical counsel of poverty between representatives of the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two are involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.Cast
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The miniseries premiered on Sundance TV in the United States on 23 May 2019. It premiered on 3 October 2019 on SBS in Australia, and on 11 October 2019 on BBC Two in the United Kingdom.
