The Red Ghost
The Red Ghost () is a 2021 Russian horror war thriller film directed by Andrei Bogatyryov. In 1941, a detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a dangerous half-man, half-ghost, come up against an elite death squad within the Wehrmacht. It was theatrically released in Russia on 10 June 2021 by KaroProkat (CaroRental in English). Plot. 30 December 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. 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.