Haytarma

The story

The film tells about the tragic date in the history of the Crimean Tatar people — May 18, 1944 — Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The plot of the film — a pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Amet-khan Sultan. In May, 1944, a year after the liberation of Sevastopol, Amet-khan goes on vacation to his native town Alupka. On May 18 his eyes witness the beginning of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.

Cast & crew

Akhtem SeitablaievAmet-khan Sultan

Oleksiy HorbunovNKVD Major Krotov

Andrii MostrenkoFrançois de Geoffre

Usnie Khalilova

Usnie KhalilovaAmethan's Mother

Andrii SamininVladimir Norishkin

Oleksii TrytenkoMechanic Vanya

Lesia SamaievaNeighbor Nadya

Yuriy TsuriloNKVD General Vasilyev

Dmitriy SurzhikovNKVD Captain Trunin

Nikolay BoklanRegiment Commander

Guram BablishviliMartik

Valerii Shitovalov

Valerii ShitovalovFather of Amet-khan