Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is set to direct “Foreign Bodies,” a historical drama biopic about Waldemar Haffkine, a vaccine pioneer and bacteriologist, multiple outlets report. The film focuses on Haffkine’s work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including efforts that contribute to vaccines against cholera and plague. Sources describe Haffkine as a Ukrainian-Jewish scientist whose research and related vaccine developments help save millions of lives. One report also frames the project as being presented at the Cannes market, indicating it is in development and seeking international visibility. The outlets note that Haffkine is not widely known to the general public, positioning the biopic as an opportunity to tell his story. Details beyond the director, subject, and central historical focus—such as cast, production timeline, and distribution—are not provided in the excerpts.
Shekhar Kapur to Direct Biopic ‘Foreign Bodies’ on Vaccine Pioneer Waldemar Haffkine
Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is set to direct “Foreign Bodies,” a historical drama biopic about Waldemar Haffkine, a vaccine pioneer and bacteriologist, multiple outlets report. The film focuses on...
- Shekhar Kapur is set to direct the film “Foreign Bodies.”
- The biopic centers on vaccine pioneer and bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine.
- Haffkine’s work involves vaccines for cholera and plague in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- Sources describe Haffkine as a Ukrainian-Jewish scientist whose research helps save millions of lives.
- The project is reported to be presented at the Cannes market in relation to its development.
Shekhar Kapur is set to direct a biopic of Ukrainian-Jewish scientist whose work on cholera and plague vaccines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries helped save millions of lives
3 months agoEXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winning Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) is set to direct Foreign Bodies, a historical drama biopic about vaccine pioneer and bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine. Haffkine, little known to the general public, was the Ukrainian-Jewish scientist whose work on cholera and plague vaccines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries helped save millions of lives. The British Raj […]
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