Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- library
- christianity
- inquisition
- monk
- poison
- secret passage
- religion
- labyrinth
- rich
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sean Connery
William of Baskerville
Christian Slater
Adso of Melk
Helmut Qualtinger
Remigio da Varagine
Elya Baskin
Severinus
- Michael Lonsdale — The Abbot
- Volker Prechtel — Malachia
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. — Jorge de Burgos
- William Hickey — Ubertino da Casale
- Michael Habeck — Berengar
- Urs Althaus — Venantius
- Valentina Vargas — The Girl
- Ron Perlman — Salvatore
- Leopoldo Trieste — Michele da Cesena
- Franco Valobra — Jerome of Kaffa
- Vernon Dobtcheff — Hugh of Newcastle
- Directed
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Written
- Andrew Birkin, Alain Godard, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 3,389 ratings
- Studio
- Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI, Constantin Film
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
