Phantom (Russian TV series)

Phantom
RussianФантом
Genre
  • Thriller
  • crime fiction
  • drama
Screenplay by
  • Anastasiya Volkova
  • Yuliya Baeva
Directed by
  • Ilya Shekhovtsov
Starring
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Valery Fedorovich
  • Evgeny Nikishov
  • Denis Dubovik
CinematographyIvan Chengich
Running time45 mins. (per episode)
Production company1-2-3 Production
Original release
NetworkTV-3
ReleaseNovember 23, 2020 (2020-11-23)

Phantom (Russian: Фантом, romanized: Fantom) is a Russian eight-part television crime series, which premiered on TV-3 on November 23, 2020. It also appeared on StudioCanal from April 2021. Phantom was broadcast from July 15, 2021 on Australian network, SBS-TV's streaming service, On Demand. Filming took place in Moscow from June to October 2019. The action is largely set in that city from late August to mid-September 2020. In the series, the main protagonist, Stas Khabarov (Denis Shvedov) is a police detective, trailing a drug dealer. Stas is murdered by a third person and becomes a phantom to protect his estranged wife, Vera (Evgeniya Brik) from his killer. Stas is assisted by teenage college student, Katya (Angelina Zagrebina), who can see and hear him.