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The Russian actress Julia Peressild, the cosmonaut Anton Schkaplerow and the film director Klim Schipenko (from left) were in space.
Photo: Andrey Shelepin / dpa / Roscosmos
After filming on the International Space Station ISS, a Russian film team landed safely back on earth.
The Soyuz capsule with actress Julia Peressild and director Klim Schipenko on board reached the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday morning.
The cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who had been on the ISS since April, also returned to Earth on board the space capsule.
Live images from the Russian space agency Roskosmos showed how the Soyuz spacecraft MS-18 could initially be seen as a small point in the cloudless sky.
The capsule hovered on a large parachute for the last few kilometers before hitting the ground.
The crew landed 148 kilometers southeast of the city of Sheqasghan, in the center of Kazakhstan.
"Everything is fine, everything went normally," said Roskosmos boss Dmitri Rogozin.
When the team was in space, for the first time in the history of space travel, recordings were made for a feature film on the ISS - around 35 minutes of the film.
The shooting lasted twelve days.
The film, announced as a space drama, has the working title »Wysow«, in German »Challenge«.
It tells the story of a doctor who has to fly to the space station in order to save the life of a sick cosmonaut with an operation.
The role of the sick spaceman was taken on by the Russian cosmonaut Novitsky.
How much the space shoot cost is not known.
There are also efforts to film in space in the USA.
For example, Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is planning a shoot on board the ISS in collaboration with NASA, the US space agency.
How long such projects can still be realized is unclear: The contract of the international partners for the operation of the ISS expires in 2024.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin last gave the green light for his country to participate beyond 2024.
On the other hand, experts repeatedly warn of problems with which the more than 20-year-old station is struggling.
There have been several leaks in the past and the systems for treating water and oxygen failed.
There were also difficulties with the toilets.
vki / AFP / dpa
