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A film crew took off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, October 5, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper writes.
For the first time in history, a feature film is going to be shot in space. The work will begin immediately after the spacecraft separates from the launch vehicle. The actor Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko are accompanied by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.
The filming will take ten days. According to cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, the film crew will spend the total of 12 days on the ISS.
The movie’s plot revolves around a surgeon who is dispatched to the ISS to save a cosmonaut. Julia Peresild will play the doctor, while Oleg Novitsky, who has been on the ISS for about six months now, is going to play the victim. Another member of the ISS crew, Pyotr Dubrov, will also have a cameo in the film.
According to Klim Shipenko, he is planning to shoot a life drama, to which everyone can relate.
Shipenko and Peresild are to return to Earth on October, 17 on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft together with Oleg Novitsky.
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