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Melchior: The Apothecary [Screens Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. during the Screamfest® Festival that runs Oct. 11-30 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles; for information, log on to screamfestla.com.] After a famous knight (Siim Kelner) is beheaded, his head stuffed with coins, and his gold chain missing in 15th-century Tallinn in Elmo Nüganen's engaging, intriguing, taut, well-acted, thought-provoking, 97-minute historical crime thriller based on Indrek Hargla's bestselling novel and highlighted by striking cinematography, the town sheriff (Marko Matvere) orders a talented, medieval, Sherlock-esque apothecary (Märten Metsaviir) to investigate and while searching for the murderer, he interrogates suspects, including an Estonian maiden (Henessi Schmidt) and the handsome man (Franz Malmsten) she loves, a former soldier (Gatis Gaga), Dominican monks (Ken Rüütel and Sten Zupping), a revengeful prior (Juris Strenga), and his apprentice (Maarja Johanna Mägi).
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