The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose is a historical drama television miniseries created and directed by Giacomo Battiato for RAI. It is based on the 1980 international bestseller novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. The series stars John Turturro as William of Baskerville and Rupert Everett as Bernard Gui. It was co-produced by Italian production companies 11 Marzo Film and Palomar, and distributed internationally by the Tele München Group. The Name of the Rose premiered on 4 March 2019 on Rai 1, which commissioned the series in November 2017. Plot Piedmontese Alps, Northern Italy, end of November 1327. Pope John XXII and the Emperor Louis the Bavarian are at war: the separation between religion and politics is at stake. The Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso of Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey to participate in a dispute over the evangelical counsel of poverty between representatives of the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two are involved in a chain of mysterious deaths. Cast