The Name of the Rose

52min

Drama

Mystery

War & Politics

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.

Production Companies

11 Marzo Film

Palomar

RAI

Tele München

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

50min

4th Mar 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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

54min

4th Mar 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.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

49min

11th Mar 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.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

50min

11th Mar 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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

50min

18th Mar 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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

50min

18th Mar 2019

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

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

51min

25th Mar 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.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

55min

25th Mar 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.

First air date

4th Mar 2019

Last air date

25th Mar 2019

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

it

Networks