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

Released: October 11, 1986 (1986)

Runtime: 39 minutes

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Self
Age at release: 81
Jacques Le Goff as Self
Age at release: 62
Helmut Qualtinger as Self
Age at release: 58
Sean Connery as Self
Age at release: 56
Michael Lonsdale as Self
Age at release: 55
Umberto Eco as Self
Age at release: 54
F. Murray Abraham as Self
Age at release: 46
Volker Prechtel as Self
Age at release: 45
Michael Habeck as Self
Age at release: 42
Christian Slater as Self
Age at release: 17

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Ron Perlman as Self (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
Valentina Vargas as Self (uncredited)
Age at release: 21