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.
| Production | Bernd Eichinger | Producer |
| Production | Alexandre Mnouchkine | Producer |
| Writing | Howard Franklin | Screenplay |
| Production | Thomas Schühly | Executive Producer |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Directing | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Director |
| Writing | Gérard Brach | Screenplay |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Production | Jake Eberts | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Frank Jahn | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Alain Godard | Screenplay |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Andrew Birkin | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jane Seitz | Editor |
| Production | David Rubin | Casting |
| Production | Sabine Schroth | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Production | Dominique Besnehard | Casting |
| Production | Gianni Arduini | Casting |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Production | Bernd Schaefers | Producer |
| Sound | Norbert Herzner | Sound Designer |
| Art | Francesca Lo Schiavo | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Friederike Mirus | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilona Herman | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Rainer Schaper | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerhard Reitinger | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Spiazzi | Wardrobe Master |
| Visual Effects | Adriano Pischiutta | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hans Jürgen Schmelzle | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Giorgio Giovannini | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Anzimani | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esther Walz | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margrit Guthmann | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Giorgio Palermi | Electrician |
| Camera | Eraldo Barbona | Grip |
| Camera | Bruno Colanzi | Grip |
| Camera | Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Vittorio Contino | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | Wolfgang Dell | Electrician |
| Camera | Guido Tosi | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Umberto Dessena | Grip |
| Camera | Alberto Emidi | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Aldo Galigani | Electrician |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Antonio Scaramuzza | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Franco Caporale | Electrician |
| Camera | Marco Sperduti | Focus Puller |
| Crew | Marco Di Salvo | Generator Operator |
| Crew | Umberto Leurini | Generator Operator |
| Camera | Richard Lindl | Grip |
| Lighting | Piero Quaglietti | Electrician |
| Camera | Günther Bauer | Grip |
| Camera | Vasco Benucci | Focus Puller |
| Production | Mali Finn | Casting Assistant |
| Camera | Cesare Emidi | Grip |
| Writing | Umberto Eco | Novel |
