William of Baskerville, this time played by John Turturro, returns in a television version after 33 years. A huge project, with more than 300 actors involved, as well as 3’000 extras and a troupe of 200 people, all for 24 weeks of filming, which led to work not only in splendid Italian regions, but also in Cinecittà, where three stage theaters were used.
This is the main location used to recreate the Benedictine abbey, which does not exist in reality, complete with an external area of 4’000 square meters.
Using the 26 million budget, the church, cloister, stables, forges, hospital, dormitories and, above all, the library were recreated.