

The Name of the Rose
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

Benjamin Stender
Benno of Uppsala

Claudio Bigagli
Gerolamo of Caffa

Corrado Invernizzi
Michele of Cesena

Max Malatesta
Aymaro of Alessandria

James Cosmo
Jorge of Burgos
Seasons

E1Episode 1
Mar 4, 2019
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.

E2Episode 2
Mar 4, 2019
After another outrageous event occurs, William's investigation leads him and his apprentice Adso to the doors of the mysterious library, where everyone but the librarians are forbidden to enter. Meanwhile, the inquisitor Bernardo Gui, Pope John's ambassador, brings the wrath of his fanaticism to anyone who cross his path.

E3Episode 3
Mar 11, 2019
While William asks for a magnifying glass to be able to proceed with his investigation, Adso meets the mysterious Occitan girl and huntress Anna pursues Bernardo Gui's entourage to avenge her family.

E4Episode 4
Mar 11, 2019
After a new tragic event occurs, William and Adso increase their efforts to decipher the mysterious structure of the labyrinthine library, although Adso is more interested in spending time with the Occitan girl.

E5Episode 5
Mar 18, 2019
Anna is saved at the last minute. Bernardo Gui's armed entourage arrives at the abbey. After a copious feast, an insidious monk poisons his ears by reporting the presence inside the sacred walls of some former Dolcinian heretics.

E6Episode 6
Mar 18, 2019
Anna gets better. The Occitan girl gets into trouble. Meanwhile, the debate continues, but is interrupted by another tragic event.

E7Episode 7
Mar 25, 2019
Gui uses Salvatore to get to Remigio and put him on trial. William gives his thoughts on both the show trial and the poverty debate between the Franciscans and the Church. Anna tries to rescue her friends, and another mysterious death occurs.

E8Episode 8
Mar 25, 2019
With the debate over, Gui condemns Remigio and the girl to be burnt at the stake. William and Adso try to solve the library's puzzle and catch the killer before it's too late, and Anna makes a final desperate move.
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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.
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