At first I was like "Hah, this is some kind of Sherlock Holmes but a priest thing!", and then I was like "Oh, this **is** some kind of Sherlock Holmes but a priest thing!" _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
“Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?”
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.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI, Constantin Film
- Budget
- $18M
- Box Office
- $77.2M
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Cast
Sean ConneryWilliam of Baskerville
Christian SlaterAdso of Melk
Helmut QualtingerRemigio da Varagine
Elya BaskinSeverinus
Michael LonsdaleThe Abbot
Volker PrechtelMalachia
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Jorge de Burgos
William HickeyUbertino da CasaleMichael HabeckBerengar
Urs AlthausVenantius
Valentina VargasThe Girl
Ron PerlmanSalvatoreMedia
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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 intell…
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