The Red Ghost
The Red Ghost (Russian: Красный призрак, romanized: Krasniy prizrak) is a 2021 Russian horror war thriller film directed by Andrey Bogatyrev. The film takes place at the end of 1941. A detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a dangerous half-man, half-ghost, engages in battle with a huge army of fascists.[2][3]
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| Directed by | Andrey Bogatyrev (ru) |
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| Cinematography | Nikita Rozhdestvensky |
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| Music by | Sergey Solovyov |
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| Distributed by | KaroProkat (English: CaroRental) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | ₽16 million[1] |
It was theatrically released in Russia on June 10, 2021 by KaroProkat (CaroRental in English).[4]
Plot
December 30, 1941. Leaving the encirclement in the area of the city of Vyazma ("Vyazemsky cauldron") is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht.[5]
Cast
- Aleksey Shevchenkov as «The Red Ghost»
- Vladimir Gostyukhin as a grandfather (also tr. «Ded»)
- Yuri Borisov as a simpleton (also tr. «Prostachyok»)
- Polina Chernyshova as Vera
- Wolfgang Cerny as Braun
- Mikhail Gorevoy as a comic actor
- Olga Stashkevich as a Red Army woman
- Pavel Abramenkov as a sailor
- Oleg Vasilkov as squad commander
- Yuri Maslak as non-commissioned officer Otto
Production
The filming process took place in a severe frost in the winter of 2017-2018 in one of the deserted settlements of the Mosalsky District. The scenery for the film was created a year before the start of official filming, but due to inappropriate weather conditions, the work of the film crew had to be postponed for nine months.
References
- Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
- Shagelman, Yulia (June 8, 2021). "Дранг нах вестерн" [Drang nah western]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- «Красный призрак»: чуть большее, чем просто «комикс»
- «Красный призрак» вышел на экраны
- Красный призрак