
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986, German. Directed by Sylvia Strasser & Wolfgang Würker.
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.
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- 0h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 11 October 1986
- Original title
- Die Abtei des Verbrechens - Umberto Ecos „Der Name der Rose“ wird verfilmt
- Country
- Germany
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Who directed The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'?
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986) was directed by Sylvia Strasser and Wolfgang Würker and stars Jean-Jacques Annaud, Umberto Eco, Sean Connery.