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.

Cast & crew

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Director

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

Dmitriy Surzhikov

NKVD Captain Trunin

Nikolay Boklan

Regiment Commander

Guram Bablishvili

Martik

V

Valerii Shitovalov

Father of Amet-khan

E

Evgeniy Doronin

Andryukha

A

Aleksandr Spasenov

Senior Lieutenant

N

Nazl Sejtablaeva

Miasser

Valeriy Astakhov

Driver

Daniil Belykh

Irina Demidkina