A Russian director is shooting a movie about the balloon flight around the world

Celebrating his 55th birthday is the Russian director and actor, Fyodor Bondarchuk, who directed more than 10 films and television series and also performed more than 90 film roles.

He is currently playing the role of a prominent Russian traveler, Fedor Konyukhov in the film “Lord of the Wind” about a balloon flight undertaken by a traveler.

Last April, Russian director Igor Voloshin began shooting the film “Lord of the Wind” about Fyodor Konyukhov’s world tour. In it, the main role is played by Fyodor Bondarchuk, who said: “It seems that all the roads in the world have been cut and mapped, and the journey to somewhere by plane or train turns into a normal event, while it is interesting to discover the fate of a person who has restored a pioneering spirit and a sense of miracle to geographical journeys. , and this person is Fyodor Konyukhov, a pioneer of our time, a traveler in the truest sense of the word. It is a great gift and a great honor to play the role of such a hero and communicate with him in preparation for filming.”
It is reported that the famous Russian traveler, Fedor Konyukhov, broke a world record in 2016 by flying around the world in a hot air balloon in 11 days. This event served as the basis for the script for the film “Master of the Wind”.

It is noteworthy that, Fyodor Bondarchuk was born on May 9, 1967 in Moscow in the family of actress, Irina Skobtseva and the great Soviet director, Sergey Bondarchuk, who won the American cinematic “Oscar” for his directing the film “War and Peace”.