Haytarma

Name: Haytarma
Director: Akhtem Seitablaiev
Genre: War, History, Drama
Released: 2013

The story of one of the people

Rating

7.6

Rating

7.6

The Film

Haytarma

The story of one of the people

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.

crimean tatars soviet repression soviet politics crimea

Runtime

90 min

Released May 2013