The Name of the Rose (1986) – Filming Locations
Drama / Thriller / Mystery · Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · Starring Sean Connery
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.
Where was The Name of the Rose filmed?
- Eberbach, Germany, Eberbach – The monastery exterior and cloisters where most of the film takes place. The real 12th-century Cistercian monastery served as the primary filming location for the abbey, providing authentic medieval architecture and atmosphere
- Rome, Italy, Rome – Scenes depicting papal authority and church politics in Rome. Rome was used for sequences establishing the papal context and ecclesiastical power structures central to the film's narrative
- Montserrat, Spain, Montserrat – Additional monastery exterior shots and mountain landscapes. The dramatic Benedictine monastery in Catalonia provided supplementary filming for exterior abbey scenes and the mountainous medieval setting
- Kloster Limburg, Germany, Weilburg – Interior monastery scenes and scriptorum sequences. A secondary German monastery location used for interior shots of the scriptorium and monastic life sequences