Haytarma

The story of one of the people

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.

• Release date
• May 18, 2013
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, War
• Director
• Akhtem Seitablaiev

Cast

Akhtem Seitablaiev Amet-khan Sultan Oleksiy Horbunov NKVD Major Krotov Andrii Mostrenko François de Geoffre

U

Usnie Khalilova Amethan's Mother Andrii Saminin Vladimir Norishkin Oleksii Trytenko Mechanic Vanya Lesia Samaieva Neighbor Nadya Yuriy Tsurilo NKVD General Vasilyev