Story Line
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.
“Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?”
Top Cast
Sean Connery
William of Baskerville
Christian Slater
Adso of Melk
Helmut Qualtinger
Remigio da Varagine
Elya Baskin
Severinus
Michael Lonsdale
The Abbot
Volker Prechtel
Malachia
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1986-09-24
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
DramaThrillerMystery
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6/10
•1/20/2019At first I was like "Hah, this is some kind of Sherlock Holmes but a priest thing!", and then I was like "Oh, this **is** some kind of Sherlock Holmes but a priest thing!"
_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go...
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•8/13/2023**_Murder mystery at a gloomy abbey during the Dark Ages with Sean Connery_**
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CinemaSerf
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•10/19/2023Recently I saw a restored version of "The Black Pirate" - made in 1926 and that was in far better condition that the print I saw of this 1986 iteration of the cracking Umberto Eco novel. Set amidst the fear that beset the Christian world during the H...