| Screenplay: | David Morrell Gy Waldron |
| Director: | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| Starring: | Peter Strauss David Morse Robert Mitchum Connie Sellecca James Sikking |
| Theme Music Composer: | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 2 |
| Producer: | Marvin J. Chomsky Stirling Silliphant |
| Cinematography: | James Bartle |
| Runtime: | 240 minutes |
| Network: | NBC |
Brotherhood of the Rose is 1989 American two-part television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, based on the novel The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell. The novel was adapted by Gy Waldron.[1]
Brotherhood of the Rose tells the story of Saul and Chris, two orphans from Philadelphia. They are adopted by a man named Eliot, who treats the boys like his own children and raises them to become assassins. When a mission goes wrong for Saul, and Chris is involved in an international incident, they begin to question their lives and their missions, and start to see Eliot in a new light.
The majority of filming for the movie took place in New Zealand, with that country portraying numerous other world-wide locations.
The film premiered on January 22, 1989 on NBC, following Super Bowl XXIII.
Its initial broadcast resulted in the two-part movie finishing as the highest-rated TV movie of the 1988-89 TV season. The first part was watched by 32 million viewers,[2] and the second by 27.4 million.[3]