The Name of the Rose (film) The Name of the Rose (film) The Name of the Rose is a 1986 Italian-French-German mystery historical drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk; they are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey. As an old man, Adso of Melk recounts how, in 1327, as a young Franciscan novice (a Benedictine one in the novel), he and his mentor, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, traveled to a
Defenders of Ardania of allowing the player to tell what was going on in the game. Opinions about the narrator were mixed. Henry Winchester of "PC Gamer" praised the voiceover, calling it "a pleasingly booze-obsessed voiceover, delivered by what sounds like a Dalek doing an impression of Sean Connery". Carsillo of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" was less kind, stating that "your narrator and chief advisor sounds like an awful Sean Connery impersonator and he may be the "best" of the voice actors you come across". GamesRadar strikes a more neutral tone, stating that "Pre and post-battle dialog is fully voiced by what are only