The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Akhtem SeitablaievDirector
- Mykola RybalkaWriter
- Dzhemil KarikovOriginal Music Composer
- Sergey KrutsenkoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Akhtem SeitablaievAmet-khan Sultan
- Oleksiy HorbunovNKVD Major Krotov
- Andrii MostrenkoFrançois de Geoffre
- 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 ShitovalovFather of Amet-khan
Stills
Themes
crimeasoviet politicssoviet repressioncrimean tatars