The Name of the Rose (miniseries)

In November 1327, Pope John XXII and the Emperor Louis the Bavarian are at war. The Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his young novice Adso of Melk, reach an isolated Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy to participate in a dispute over the role of poverty in the Church. Upon arrival in the abbey, William is drawn into investigating a chain of mysterious deaths. ==Cast==

Starring • John Turturro as William of Baskerville, emperor's general and Adso's father. • James Cosmo as Jorge of Burgos, old blind monk and former librarian. • Michael Emerson as the abbot of Fossanova Abbey. • Rinat Khismatouline as Cardinal Bertrand du Pouget, papal legate. • as Bianca. • David Brandon as Hugh of Newcastle, Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher, disciple of Duns Scotus. Supporting • as Adelmo of Otranto, young illuminator monk in the scriptorium. • Alfredo Pea as Pacifico of Tivoli. • Derek Boschi as Guillam de Masan. • Federigo Ceci as Eudes, Bishop of Carpentras. • Diego Delpiano as Martino. • Gianluigi Fogacci as Roberto, count of Florence. • Nicholas Turturro as Pedro López de Luna, Aragonese politician and Archbishop of Zaragoza. ==Episodes==

Filming began in 2018. The miniseries was shot in Italy and in particular in Abruzzo: at the gorges of Fara San Martino, in Roccamorice, at the hermitage of Santo Spirito a Majella and at the castle of Roccascalegna. Other panoramas were shot in Perugia and Bevagna, while churches and cloisters were reconstructed in the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Other scenes were shot in the Vulci archaeological natural park in the territory of Montalto di Castro and in the Tusculum Archaeological Cultural Park. Dialogue in Occitan language was translated and supervised in collaboration with the University of Salerno. ==Distribution==

In Italy, the miniseries made its world premiere on 4 March 2019 on Rai 1. It premiered on 5 March 2019 on OCS in France, on 23 May 2019 on Sundance TV in the United States, on 24 May 2019 on Sky Deutschland in Germany, on 3 October 2019 on SBS in Australia, on 11 October 2019 on BBC Two in the United Kingdom, and on 3 July 2022 on KBS 1TV in South Korea. ==References==