Estonia’s ‘Melchior the Apothecary’ Passes COVID Milestone – C&E Europe News in Brief

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Tristan Priimägi Elmo Nüganen’s historical crime thriller “Melchior the Apothecary” has become the first Estonian film to cross the 50,000 admission mark at the local box office in the two years of the pandemic.

The film, which was released by Hea Film on April 11, tops the box office with 57,456 admissions, according to Film New Europe.

The pic is the initial instalment in a trilogy – the first time a movie trilogy has been produced in Estonia. All three films were shot simultaneously in 2020.

The second film of the series should reach cinemas on Aug. 19, 2022, and the third on Oct. 14, 2022.Based on a crime bestseller by Indrek Hargla, “Melchior the Apothecary” tells the story of an apothecary in medieval Tallinn, who has a knack for solving mysteries and is employed by the city to untangle a mysterious murder case.