Film or book location · 2022
Narva castle plays Toompea in Melchior the Apothecary
Melchior the Apothecary is based on Indrek Hargla's crime novels set in early 15th-century Tallinn. In the first film a famous knight of the Order is murdered in Tallinn and his head is cut off. The trilogy was shot in 2020 in Estonia and Latvia. The events on Toompea were filmed in Hermann castle in Narva, on the border river facing Ivangorod. Other scenes were filmed in Tallinn Old Town, the Pirita convent ruins, Purtse, Rakvere and Vao castles, and in Kuressaare castle, where the town jail scenes were shot. The first film premiered in April 2022.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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"Apteeker Melchior" põhineb Indrek Hargla krimiromaanidel, mille tegevus toimub 15. sajandi alguse Tallinnas. Esimeses filmis tapetakse Tallinnas kuulus ordurüütel ja tal raiutakse pea maha. Filmitriloogia võeti üles 2020. aastal Eestis ja Lätis. Toompea sündmused filmiti Narva Hermanni linnuses, mis seisab piirijõe ääres Ivangorodi vastas. Teised stseenid võeti üles Tallinna vanalinnas, Pirita kloostri varemetes, Purtse, Rakvere ja Vao linnuses ning Kuressaare lossis, kus filmiti raevangla stseene. Esimene film esilinastus 2022. aasta aprillis.