Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Sean ConneryWilliam of Baskerville
- Christian SlaterAdso of Melk
- Helmut QualtingerRemigio da Varagine
- Elya BaskinSeverinus
- Michael LonsdaleThe Abbot
- Volker PrechtelMalachia
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Jorge de Burgos
- William HickeyUbertino da Casale
- Michael HabeckBerengar
- Urs AlthausVenantius
Crew
- Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirector
- Gérard BrachScreenplay
- Andrew BirkinScreenplay
- Alain GodardScreenplay
- Umberto EcoNovel
- Tonino Delli ColliDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Jane SeitzEditor
- Alexandre MnouchkineProducer
- Bernd EichingerProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
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The Pale Blue Eye 202271% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, contemplative.
The Wicker Man 197371% alikeBoth contemplative, earnest, grave.
Norco 202278% alikeGame · Both grave.
Mononoke 200774% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave.
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