The Red Ghost
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The Red Ghost Krasnyy prizrak ) is a 2021 Russian war thriller directed by Andrey Bogatyrev. In December 1941 a small group of Soviet soldiers tries to break from the German encirclement. They are engaged in a hopeless battle with the enemy, but a mysterious person called "The Red Ghost" comes to help them.
The following weapons were used in the film The Red Ghost (Krasnyy prizrak) :
Handguns Nagant M1895 One of the weapons of The Red Ghost (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) is a Nagant M1895 . Nagants are also used by Politruk (Vyacheslav Shikhaleev ), Moryachok (Pavel Abramenkov) and a villager Kostya (Konstantin Simonov). In the final scene Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ) takes the revolver of killed Moryachok.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost fires at taken by surprise Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost aims at Braun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost reloads the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Nagants are seen in the pile of guns, together with MP38 submachine guns and Karabiner 98k and vz. 24 Czech Mauser rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya fires at Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Politruk's Nagant is seen in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant near Moryachok's dead body. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun picks up Moryachok's Nagant. Walther P38 Walther P38 are widely used by German officers and soldiers, seen in hands of Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ), Hauptmann (Capt.) Klein (Paul Orlyanskiy), soldier Günther (Mikhail Melin) and others. The Red Ghost (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) and Prostachyok (Yuriy Borisov ) use captured P38s in various scenes. Only a single pistol is seen in a time, so possibly a single prop is reused throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost carries a P38, taken from killed Unterfeldwebel (NCO) Otto (Yuriy Maslak ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A blurry but identifiable view of Braun's P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Klein aims his pistol at pregnant Vera. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Günther holds Klein's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Walther in opened holster is seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prostachyok holds the P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier Herman (uncredited) aims a P38 at a village boy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyonya (Mikhail Gorevoy ) throws himself at Herman. Luger P08 While Luger P08 pistol isn't used in the film, it is seen in hands of SS-Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ) on film posters. Judging by the barrel, a Denix replica is used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix Luger P08 non-firing replica Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fragment of the film poster shows SS-Hauptsturmführer Braun holding a Luger P08 . Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Politruk (Vyacheslav Shikhaleev ) carries a PPSh-41 submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Politruk in battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PPSh is seen firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Politruk holds his PPSh. MP38 A number of German soldiers and NCOs, notably Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ) and Unterfeldwebel Koch (Oleg Klyonov), carry MP38 submachine guns. Moryachok (Pavel Abramenkov) and Prostachyok (Yuriy Borisov ) use captured MP38s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moryachok with the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Koch with the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the early type charging handle of the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moryachok with the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gebirgsjager (mountain troops) Unteroffizer Armand (uncredited) with the MP38.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun with the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The deactivation jumper can be seen in the muzzle of Braun's MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun's MP38 has a late type charging handle that appeared only in 1942. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prostachyok fires the MP38. MP40 (Denix) The commander of German Gebirgsjager (mountain troops) unit Steiger (Yuriy Utkin ) carries an MP40 submachine gun that is most likely a Denix non-firing replica. MP40s are also briefly seen in hands of several soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix non-firing replica of MP40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steiger carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steiger and one of his soldiers hold MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-ups of Steiger's MP40 allow to guess it to be a Denix replica. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Kostya (Konstantin Simonov) is armed with a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya carries the M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya holds the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya's rifle is seen at the foreground. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle The Red Ghost (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) uses a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle in battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prostachyok (Yuriy Borisov ) examines the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost readies his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the muzzle and the front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the bolt and the sniper scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost with the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He takes aim. The Nagant holster is seen on the belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the rifle in close combat with Braun who is armed with a Karabiner 98k with bayonet. Vz. 24 Czech Mauser Many German soldiers, including Adler (German Segal), August (Ilya Kiporenko ), Günther (Mikhail Melin), Bruno (Andrey Kurganov ) and Wolf (Nikolay Orlovskiy), are armed with vz. 24 Czech Mauser rifles (Wehrmacht designation Gewehr 24(t)). Captured rifles are seen in hands of The Red Ghost (Aleksey Shevchenkov ), Moryachok (Pavel Abramenkov), Prostachyok (Yuriy Borisov ) and Kostya (Konstantin Simonov). The rifles lack grasping grooves on the stocks that is probably a result of post-war (or even modern) rework (for example, Yugoslav vz.23/24 rifles underwent such rework with using elements of Kar 98k stocks). Some rifles have hooded front sight that was issued to the late production series of Vz. 24.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Adler (German Segal) carries a rifle on sling. The typical Czech front sight can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Günther (Mikhail Melin) carries a Gewehr 24(t) rifle with a hooded front sight. Throughout the film, Günther's rifle several times switches between Gewehr 24(t) and Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier aims a rifle, also with hooded front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Red Ghost aims a captured rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ), caught naked in a village bathhouse, grabs a rifle that Wolf threw to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya with a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prostachyok aims a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A spotter of the mortar crew carries a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. Notably, he wears an outdated M1916 steel helmet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moryachok with a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun fires a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. In this scene his rifle switches from a Kar 98k to a Gewehr 24(t). Karabiner 98k Karabiner 98k rifles are also used by many German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the opening scene Ded (Vladimir Gostyukhin ) carries a Kar 98k. For the most of the film, he is armed with a "Berdanka " shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Günther (Mikhail Melin) carries a Kar 98k. In the following scene he is armed with a Gewehr 24(t) rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry Paul (Anton Anosov) with a Kar 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another sentry (Vitaliy Lobachyov) is sleeping on duty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moryachok (Pavel Abramenkov) and sentry Johan (Anton Uspenskiy) are fighting over a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Captured Kar 98k rifles are seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hauptsturmführer Braun (Wolfgang Cerny ) aims a Kar 98k. In this scene his rifle several times switch between a Kar 98k and a Gewehr 24(t). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun holds a rifle with attached bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun in close combat with The Red Ghost. His rifle differs from the one seen before, having more reddish color of the stock and more dark blueing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Braun and The Red Ghost in close combat. In this scene the bayonet of Braun's rifle is additionally fixes with a piece of wire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The actor of the frontline propaganda brigade Lyonya nicknamed "Hitler" (Mikhail Gorevoy ) carries a rifle, taken from Herman. Karabiner 98k Dummy A rubber prop of Kar 98k rifle is used by Ninochka alias Krasnoarmeyka (Red Army woman) (Olga Stashkevich) in the close combat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krasnoarmeyka beats a German soldier with a rifle. It is clearly visible that the gun is curved. Shotguns "Berdanka" Shotgun For the most of the film, Ded (Vladimir Gostyukhin ) is armed with a "Berdanka " shotgun. In the final scene the shotgun is used by Kostya (Konstantin Simonov).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berdanka bolt action shotgun - 28 GaugeError creating thumbnail: File missing Ded aims the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ded holds his "Berdanka". Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ded on the position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostya with Ded's "Berdanka". Machine Guns MG42 An MG42 , anachronistic for December 1941, is used by the German unit. The machine gun is seen in hands of Oberschutze (a Private First Class rank in Waffen-SS) Schmidt (Andrey Myasnikov), soldier Bruno (Andrey Kurganov ), and then the captured gun is used by Politruk (Vyacheslav Shikhaleev ) and Moryachok (Pavel Abramenkov).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A battle scene on a promotional image shows Moryachok firing a DP-27 (at the background left). Also note Nurse Vera (Polina Chernyshova) holding a Karabiner 98k while in the film she doesn't use any gun. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate Several German soldiers use Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenade.
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