The Name of the Rose - Season 1 - Episode 1
Young Adso of Melk leaves the ranks of his father, a powerful warlord, and joins William of Baskerville, a Franciscan monk who heads to an abbey in northern Italy to participate in a theological debate.
About The Name of the Rose
Title: The Name of the Rose
First Air Date: 2019-03-04
Last Air Date: 2019-03-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 112 votes)
Language: IT
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 8
Network: Rai 1
Genres: Drama, Mystery, War & Politics
Production Companies: 11 Marzo Film, Palomar, RAI, Tele München
Synopsis
Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.
Cast
John Turturro
William of Baskerville
Rupert Everett
Bernardo Gui
Damian Hardung
Adso of Melk
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Remigio of Varagine
Greta Scarano
Anna / Margherita
Richard Sammel
Malachi of Hildesheim
Stefano Fresi
Salvatore of Montferrat
Roberto Herlitzka
Alinardo of Grottaferrata
Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Nicola of Morimondo
Antonia Fotaras
The Occitan Girl