Margus Prangel

Acting

Margus Prangel

Born 1974-07-07 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]

Margus Prangel (born July 7, 1974) is an Estonian actor. He graduated from Tallinn Järveotsa Gymnasium and Tallinn 15th Vocational High School with a degree in cooking. In 2000, he graduated from the 19th flight of the Higher School of Performing Arts of the Estonian Academy of Music. He worked as an actor at the Estonian Drama Theater from 2000 to 2011, then as a freelancer in several theaters, and has also performed in radio theater, films and TV series.

Acting credits

Firebird poster
7.4

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

Firebird

2021

November poster
7.1

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

November

2017

Truth and Justice poster
7.7

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.

Truth and Justice

2019

Days Without poster
NR

After a chaotic episode with his wife, Russian-Estonian worker Nikolai is left alone with their one year old daughter, Sophia. As time goes by, he begins to doubt his abilities as a father and furthermore, if he will ever see his wife again.

Days Without

2022

Men poster
5.0

Three male friends decide to travel to Harakasa, a city far from Tallinn because Veikko needs to solve a problem there.

Men

2019

FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger poster
NR

Six fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.

FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger

2018

The Class poster
7.5

An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts a war between him and the informal leader of the class.

The Class

2007

I Was Here poster
5.6

Living alone in an Estonian slum and unable to afford basic needs, a top high school student reluctantly enters the drug game to make ends meet.

I Was Here

2008

Sky Song poster
5.5

A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.

Sky Song

2010

Noble Act poster
NR

As Karl learns about his girlfriend's serious diagnosis, he finds himself in a situation where the fear of being blamed for what happened triggers a cycle of lies. While seeking a way out of his tangled web of dishonesty, Karl is no longer confident in standing by his girlfriend.

Noble Act

2024

No artwork available
NR

In 2058, 10 years after World War IV, Jane returns home from college after graduation to meet the love of her teenage heart. However, the promising summer joy is endangered by the regime and the relationship between people.

Mälestus Tulilillest

Set Point poster
3.7

On one summer evening, four strangers are brought together by a mysterious murder. A case which at first seems like a regular crime investigation turns out to be something more - a tale of love, alienation and new hope.

Set Point

2004

Vasha poster
5.6

Tom, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends Artur - a Chechen man, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.

Vasha

2009

Love Is Blind poster
5.6

30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.

Love Is Blind

2013

Brothers: The Return poster
6.4

Hoffa floats ashore in Estonia after his stolen getaway boat has exploded. He tries to begin a new life in Estonia, but the longing for his family back home becomes too big and he decides to get back to Sweden. Now a tough struggle begins to get himself home to the family, a family that has moved on with their lives and also thinks that he's dead. A past as a bank robber and a fugitive is not making the journey easier. Along the way back to Sweden more problems arise that makes it even harder for him to meet his family again. Meantime back in Sweden his family is struggling with difficulties which they don't know how to solve. The time is running out and things don't look good at all.

Brothers: The Return

2006

No artwork available
NR

Rock opera on the rise and fall of Estonian prog rock band "Ruja"

Rockooper Ruja

2008

Good Hands poster
8.0

The Estonians and Latvians join hands in this jointly produced Baltic comedy about love and theft centering on light-fingered Margita. Everything and anything that hasn't been nailed to the spot winds up in her possession - whether it's a wallet belonging to a passer-by or a Jeep. But the police are on to her and the streets of Riga are becoming just a little too dangerous for Margita these days (played by rising Latvian star Rezija Kalniņa). She decides to break camp and hitchhike her way up north coming to rest at a little place called Vineeri in Estonia, where she soon finds herself looking after an entire household, including three men and a small boy.

Good Hands

2001

Frank & Wendy poster
7.3

Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even sillier than the agents themselves. Frank and Wendy, for whom saving the world is their daily work, achieve both mental and manual feats with the greatest of ease. It appears that nothing can prevent their ultimate victory, but go figure. The axis of evil does not wither and attacks the super-agents from where they can least expect it...

Frank & Wendy

2005

Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter poster
6.4

Melchior’s bride Keterlyn happens to witness an attack on a young man. The victim, who has lost his memory, does not know who he is and how he ended up in a Tallinn. A ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the trail of the nocturnal brotherhood, questions are also raised by the troupe of freaks who performed on fair day. Ominous signs suggest that not only is the stranger recovering from a murder attempt at risk, but Melchior and Keterlyn as well. At the same time, an inquisitor known as a ruthless witch hunter arrives in town. Melchior's ability to "speak to the dead" and to notice invisible traces of murder have raised the suspicion that he may be a dangerous heretic. And the place of the enemy of the church is at the stake…

Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter

2023

Weitzenberg Street poster
7.5

A man dreams of a woman. The woman is, in turn, interested in someone else. The man abandons his attempts to attract the woman's attention because he has discovered a new object of desire. The woman, in turn, becomes interested in the man. The man, though, is interested only in his new favorite, due to whom the man soon finds himself in danger. The man barely escapes ...

Weitzenberg Street

2002

Georg poster
5.7

Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women and authority for men, his talent was revered by the highest ranks of the Soviet Union and millions of ordinary people. Georg Ots took the stage when a huge country was recovering from the horrors of war, and his voice returned them faith in a bright future. Few people know what his life was really like.

Georg

2007

A Bad Scene: Mesmerized poster
NR

"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. The fourth short film, “Bewitched”, directed by Maria Avdjushko, talks about middle-aged Rainar, who discovers on a family outing that they have left behind their food. Wandering in the forest, he stumbles upon mysterious Liina, who slowly bewitches him.

A Bad Scene: Mesmerized

2018

Portugal poster
5.7

Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake it’s rush. Life is good. Perhaps it’s this perfection and frequent patterns that make them finally pose a question – is everything to be expected in life? This is a story about following the yearning of your soul. Longing for something other than the present and having the courage to be deliberately lost.

Portugal

2018

Death Is Harder Than a Broken Heart poster
NR

Elna goes around the school building unscrewing light bulbs. She replaces stronger ones with weaker bulbs and sells the better ones at the market to feed her son Ennu and his girlfriend Leena. One day, Ennu informs her that she is no longer needed.

Death Is Harder Than a Broken Heart

2025