14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

• DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
• Release24 September 1986
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration2h 10m
• Budget$18,000,000
• Revenue$77,200,000
• Rate
  

  7.494
  3167 reviews
• Productions

  Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI, Constantin Film