Khaytarma
2013 · Movie · 90 min
★ 6.6(18)unSUB Rating
Set during a tragic turning point for the Crimean Tatar people, the story follows a celebrated wartime pilot returning home on leave in 1944. As he visits his native town, he becomes an eyewitness to the sudden start of mass deportations ordered by the Soviet regime.
Also known as Haytarma
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Details
- Original title
- Хайтарма
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-05-18
- Language
- UK
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.6/10 (18 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to serious, history-based war dramas about civilians caught in political violence, this may resonate; Not for you if you want a lighter watch or avoid stories centered on deportation and trauma, like Cyborgs.
Pros: powerful historical focus; emotional urgency; strong sense of place | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak tone; limited light moments
Themes
- crimea
- soviet politics
- soviet repression
- crimean tatars
Cast & crew
Akhtem Seitablaiev
as Amethan Sultan
Oleksiy Horbunov
as NKVD Major Krotov
Yuriy Tsurilo
as NKVD General Vasilyev
Andrii Saminin
as Vladimir Norishkin
Andrii Mostrenko
as François de Geoffre
Dmytro Surzhykov
as NKVD Captain Trunin
Mykola Boklan
as Regiment Commander
- UK
Usnie Khalilova
as Amethan's Mother
Guram Bablishvili
as Martik
Oleksii Trytenko
as Mechanic Vanya
Directed by Akhtem Seitablaiev