Russia: the first film recorded in space is released

He first fiction feature film filmed in orbit was released this Thursday in theaters in Russiawhich name, “The challenge”symbolizes the space race between Moscow and Washington.

To shoot the film, which tells the story of a female surgeon sent to the International Space Station (ISS) for operate on an injured cosmonautRussia sent an actress and a director into orbit in October 2021 for 12 days.

The project, carried out quickly to anticipate a American initiative led by Tom Cruisebecame a point of pride for Moscow, in a context of space rivalry with Washington Reminiscent of the Cold War times.

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“We are the first to have shot a fiction feature film on board a ship in orbit, again the first”said Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to recall that Moscow sent the first man into space, in 1961.

The film is co-produced by the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the Pervy Kanal television network.

“We are all fans of ‘Gravity,'” a Hollywood space film released in 2013, Konstantin Ernst, head of Pervy Kanal, said on Monday.

“But our ‘Challenge,’ shot in real zero gravity, shows that it was just special effects” on the American film, he said.

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The Challenge, the new film shot in space

The sequences recorded in the 230 m3 of the Russian module of the ISS and the participation of three Russian professional cosmonauts at the station they give a authenticity effect to the film

Director klim chipenko39 years old, who was in charge of the camera, light and sound, recorded 30 hours of images, of which were used 50 minutes in the final assembly.

The camera follows the actress Yulia Peresild, 38 years old and one of the most glamorous interpreters in Russia, moving in that small space.