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Italian | Il nome della rosa |
Genre | Historical period drama |
Created by | Giacomo Battiato |
Based on | The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco |
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Story by | Andrea Porporati |
Directed by | Giacomo Battiato |
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Narrated by | Peter Davison |
Composer | Volker Bertelmann |
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Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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Cinematography | John Conroy |
Editor | Stephen O'Connell |
Running time | 50–54 minutes |
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Distributor | Tele München Group |
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Original network | Rai 1 |
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Original release | 4 March 25 March 2019 | –
The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa) 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.[1][2]
Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan friar William of Baskerville (Guglielmo da 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.[3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Ital. viewers (millions) |
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1 2 | "Episode 1" "Episode 2" | Giacomo Battiato | Story by : Andrea Porporati Teleplay by : Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams | 4 March 2019 | 6.501[5] |
3 4 | "Episode 3" "Episode 4" | Giacomo Battiato | Story by : Andrea Porporati Teleplay by : Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams | 11 March 2019 | 4.727[6] |
5 6 | "Episode 5" "Episode 6" | Giacomo Battiato | Story by : Andrea Porporati Teleplay by : Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams | 18 March 2019 | 3.894[7] |
7 8 | "Episode 7" "Episode 8" | Giacomo Battiato | Story by : Andrea Porporati Teleplay by : Giacomo Battiato, Andrea Porporati, John Turturro, Nigel Williams | 25 March 2019 | 3.960[8] |
The miniseries premiered on Sundance TV in the United States on 23 May 2019.[9] It premiered on 3 October 2019 on SBS in Australia,[10] on 11 October 2019 on BBC Two in the United Kingdom,[11] and on 3 July 2022 on KBS 1TV in South Korea.[12]