The shooting of the serial film “Fever” for the TV channel “Russia” has been completed

In Moscow, the shooting of the serial film “Fever” for the TV channel “Russia” was completed. The main roles in the series directed by Alexander Kasatkin were played by Lyubov Konstantinova, Evgeny Volovenko, Teresa Diuro, Ilya Malakov, Evgeny Sidikhin, Artur Vakha, Vadim Andreev and other actors.

“Fever” is a spy story about a dangerous epidemic that breaks out in one of the developing countries of Africa. A Russian brigade of volunteers arrives to replace the international medical mission that has fled. She is joined by a local infectious disease doctor and a brilliant Russian virologist who are working to produce the needed vaccine. But an international pharmaceutical corporation is starting a real spy operation against Russian virologists. The heroes will not only have to fight for their cause, desperately saving thousands of lives, but also to figure out the “mole” that has penetrated their ranks.

Filming lasted 119 shifts and took place in Moscow, Tula, Crimea and Kenya. During the entire filming process, the actors were advised and trained to work in the laboratory by qualified virologists.

Alexander Kasatkin, director: “The Fever series is, of course, a fictional story, but it is based on real events – a major Ebola epidemic in Liberia and several other countries of West Africa in 2014-15. An epidemic is always an extreme situation, hundreds of people are on the verge of life and death every day, doctors save them from a dangerous virus, risking themselves … But, in spite of everything, human relations still remain, relations between a man and a woman, between friends, between colleagues. And that’s all, of course, in the series. This is a very multi-layered story, fascinating, exciting. Sincere: part of the filming took place in Tula, where we were very warmly received. And exotic: we also filmed in Kenya, where we were the first Russian film crew to work on such a scale, with Kenyan actors, and even with the participation of local residents and real representatives of one of the most famous African tribes, the Masai. The series will be really interesting to watch.”

Lyubov Konstantinova: “My heroine Polina is a virologist. A selfless, highly intelligent, sincerely dedicated person. Initially, she thinks that she is fighting exclusively with the epidemic, but life turns out to be more voluminous, more complicated … This is the story of the struggle of so many people for their truth, for the lives of other people and, of course, for love. The series raises very important questions that are always interesting to discuss: the problems of trust, communication with loved ones, the problems of distance and rapprochement between people of different mindsets, dedication, constant overcoming of obstacles and, of course, sympathy and kindness.

Teresa Diuro: “In my heroine Sophia, I like her ability to self-sacrifice, courage and in some situations even impudence. Since she studied in Russia, she is very fond of Russian culture, Russian medicine, and she is on the side of those who love the truth. Of course, there are love lines in the series, some ups and downs, and this is very cool. But the main thing is the feat of doctors. I realized how much epidemiologists, doctors who worked in the “red zone” not only with Ebola, but also during the covid pandemic, sacrificed themselves. It was incredibly difficult to shoot in “full protection” suits: it’s hard to breathe, to do something, just to think. And when we worked in Africa, it was also very hot. And I bow low to all doctors for what they do!

Inna Shkarbanova.

Photo of the TV channel “Russia”