The Name of the Rose - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Name of the Rose"
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Timing: 2:10 (130 min)
The Name of the Rose - TMDB rating
7.479/10
2905
The Name of the Rose - Kinopoisk rating
7.604/10
43369
The Name of the Rose - IMDB rating
7.7/10
127000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Bernd Schaefers
Producer

Executive Producer

Photo Jake Eberts #72309

Jake Eberts

Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Thomas Schühly
Executive Producer

Casting

Celestia Fox
Casting
Sabine Schroth
Casting
Gianni Arduini
Casting

Editor

Special Effects Supervisor

Adriano Pischiutta
Special Effects Supervisor

Art Direction

Rainer Schaper
Art Direction
Giorgio Giovannini
Art Direction

Costume Design

Production Design

Photo Dante Ferretti #20290

Dante Ferretti

Dante Ferretti
Production Design

Set Decoration

Francesca Lo Schiavo
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Ilona Herman
Makeup Artist
Hans Jürgen Schmelzle
Makeup Artist
Friederike Mirus
Makeup Artist
Margrit Guthmann
Makeup Artist
Gerhard Reitinger
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo James Horner #66707

James Horner

James Horner
Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Photo Tonino Delli Colli #70998

Tonino Delli Colli

Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Antonio Scaramuzza
Camera Operator
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
Camera Operator

Electrician

Wolfgang Dell
Electrician
Franco Caporale
Electrician
Aldo Galigani
Electrician
Giorgio Palermi
Electrician
Piero Quaglietti
Electrician

Still Photographer

Mario Tursi
Still Photographer

Screenplay

Novel

Sound Designer

Frank Jahn
Sound Designer
Norbert Herzner
Sound Designer

Key Grip

Alberto Emidi
Key Grip

Grip

Umberto Dessena
Grip
Bruno Colanzi
Grip
Günther Bauer
Grip
Eraldo Barbona
Grip
Cesare Emidi
Grip
Richard Lindl
Grip

Seamstress

Angela Anzimani
Seamstress

Casting Assistant

Mali Finn

Mali Finn
Casting Assistant

Focus Puller

Marco Sperduti
Focus Puller
Vasco Benucci
Focus Puller
Guido Tosi
Focus Puller

Generator Operator

Vittorio Contino
Generator Operator
Marco Di Salvo
Generator Operator
Umberto Leurini
Generator Operator

Wardrobe Master

Alberto Spiazzi
Wardrobe Master

Wardrobe Coordinator

Esther Walz
Wardrobe Coordinator

What's left behind the scenes

  • In one interview, Jean-Jacques Annaud said that actors Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Robert De Niro, Michael Caine, and Ian McKellen were also considered for the role of William Baskerville.
  • Christian Slater was only 17 years old when he filmed a love scene with Valentina Vargas, who was 22.
  • The film's screenwriter, Andrew Birkin, played the role of Monk Cuthbert of Winchester in the film.
  • Fyodor Shalyapin Jr., the son of the famous opera singer Fyodor Shalyapin, played the monk Jorge of Burgos.
  • The director initially wanted to cast John Huston for the role of Jorge.
  • During the filming of the library fire, a real oak beam fell on Fyodor Shalyapin Jr.
  • William of Baskerville finds a commentary in an ancient manuscript made by someone named Umberto of Bologna. This is, of course, a reference to Umberto Eco, who teaches at the University of Bologna.
  • Actor Helmuth Költinger (Remigio da Varagine) was seriously ill during the filming. He died just hours after finishing the scenes he appeared in. The actor was often forced to interrupt his lines due to relentless pain.
  • The role of the scriptorium – the room where the monks copied books – was played by the dormitory – the monastery bedroom.
  • The monastery walls served various purposes – throughout its history, it functioned as a prison and a military hospital. Only in 1998 did this monument of the early Middle Ages become a museum.
  • The main source of income for the Eberbach Monastery was the production of grape wine. In one of the stone halls, giant presses have been preserved, which, according to legend, inspired Johannes Gutenberg with the idea of printing he later implemented. How true this legend is is difficult to say, but another fact is real: it was with the invention of printing that the monks of Eberbach lost their traditional work – copying books, after which winemaking became the monastery’s main source of income.
  • Sean Connery's robe for the film was commissioned in Morocco, and it was made according to all the rules, just as they did in the Middle Ages, from undyed sheep's wool.
  • Sean Connery's career was in such a slump at the time that Columbia Pictures refused to finance the project when Connery was chosen for the role of William of Baskerville by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
  • Filming took place in a specially built and very cold monastery and lasted almost nine months.
  • In search of locations, the filmmakers visited over three hundred monasteries in Western Europe.
  • Working on the screenplay for 'The Name of the Rose' took almost five years. Seventeen script drafts were made, with four screenwriters contributing.
  • Umberto Eco disliked the film so much that he refused to authorize further adaptations of his novels. For example, he turned down Stanley Kubrick's request to adapt 'Foucault's Pendulum'.
  • The monastery interiors were filmed at one of the oldest monasteries in Germany – Kloster Eberbach, located in the Rhine Valley near Wiesbaden. Eberbach Monastery (which translates to “Boar Creek”) was founded in 1116 by Augustinian monks, and 20 years later it passed into the hands of the Cistercians, who managed it until 1803.
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