The Red Ghost Explained

The Red Ghost
Director:Andrey Bogatyrev (ru)
Music:Sergey Solovyev
Cinematography:Nikita Rozhdestvensky
Distributor:KaroProkat (English: KaroRental)
Runtime:96 minutes
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Gross:16 million[1]

The Red Ghost (Russian: Красный призрак|Krasniy prizrak) is a 2021 Russian horror war thriller film directed by Andrey Bogatyrev. In 1941, a detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a lone-wolf fighter called the "Red Ghost", come up against an elite death squad within the Wehrmacht.[2] [3]

It was theatrically released in Russia on 10 June 2021 by KaroProkat (KaroRental in English).[4]

Plot

Late 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

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.[6] 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.[7]

Actor Wolfgang Cerny initially was offered a small role of a Nazi in the film, but he found it boring and one-dimensional and the character ended up being completely rewritten, with Braun becoming a super-soldier who is into tactics and is determined to be the best possible soldier.[7]

Notes and References

  1. https://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111000320/ Box Office
  2. Web site: Дранг нах вестерн . Russian . Drang nah western . Shagelman . Yulia . June 8, 2021 . . June 17, 2021.
  3. https://regnum.ru/news/cultura/3295549.html «Красный призрак»: чуть большее, чем просто «комикс»
  4. https://www.kinobusiness.com/news/krasnyy-prizrak-vyshel-na-ekrany/ «Красный призрак» вышел на экраны
  5. https://www.kinoafisha.info/movies/8355173/ Красный призрак
  6. Web site: Военный триллер "Красный призрак", снятый в Мосальском районе, вышел в прокат. GTRK Kaluga.
  7. Web site: Interview with Wolfgang Cerny. Indie Cinema Magazine.