Melchior the Apothecary. The Ghost (2022)
Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus
In the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant. In the morning, the guard has fallen to death from a high tower and several more people lose their lives in suspicious accidents. Investigating these events, Melchior's paths cross with a prostitute, a priest, a foreign artist and a mad heretic. The clues take him to the Pirita Convent, which gloomy vaults hide a dangerous secret buried in oblivion.
At the same time, Melchior is troubled by the question of why his beloved Keterlyn suddenly breaks ...
Director: Elmo Nüganen
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Taska Film, Nafta Films, Apollo Film Productions, HansaFilm |
| Film Category | Feature film, Full length feature |
| Genre | Crime, Epic, historical |
| Duration | 90:00 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Kristian Taska | Esko Rips | Armin Karu | Veiko Esken | Tanel Tatter |
| Co-producer | Janis Kalejs | Lukas Trimonis | Philipp Kreuzer | Diana Mikita |
| Director | Elmo Nüganen |
| Screenwriter | Indrek Hargla | Olle Mirme | Elmo Nüganen |
| Cinematographer | Mihkel Soe |
| Production Desinger | Matis Mäesalu |
| Costume Designer | Kristine Jurjane |
| Composer | Liina Sumera |
| Sound Designer | Horret Kuus | Henri Kuus |
| Editor | Marion Koppel |
First releases
View all- in cinema: 15.08.2022, Official Premiere, Apollo Kino Ülemiste, Tallinn, Estonia
- in cinema: 15.08.2022, pre-premiere, selected cinemas, Estonia
- in cinema: 19.08.2022, all over Estonia, Estonia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Award, EFTA - National Estonian Film and Television Awards (Estonia), 2023, Best Actress (Maarja Johanna Mägi); Best Production Design; Best Makeup Artist
- Participation, PÖFF - Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2022, Programme: Baltic Competition
- Nomination, EFTA - National Estonian Film and Television Awards (Estonia), 2023, In the categories of Best Film, Screenplay, Sound, Costume Design
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