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

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986)

0h 39m | PG-13

⭐ 8 / 10

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.

Director: Wolfgang Würker

Studio: Paolo-Film

Genre: Documentary, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

as Self

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

as Self

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

as Self

Dante Ferretti

Dante Ferretti

as Self

Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Eichinger

as Self

Jacques Le Goff

Jacques Le Goff

as Self