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.

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Cast

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Amet-khan Sultan

Oleksiy Horbunov

NKVD Major Krotov

Andrii Mostrenko

François de Geoffre

Andrii Saminin

Vladimir Norishkin

Oleksii Trytenko

Mechanic Vanya

Lesia Samaieva

Neighbor Nadya

Yuriy Tsurilo

NKVD General Vasilyev

Dmytro Surzhykov

NKVD Captain Trunin

Mykola Boklan

Regiment Commander

Guram Bablishvili

Martik

Valeriy Astakhov

Driver

Daniil Belykh