The Last Rifleman
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.
Akhtem SeitablaievAmet-khan Sultan
Oleksiy HorbunovNKVD Major Krotov
Andrii MostrenkoFrançois de GeoffreU 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 BablishviliMartikV Valerii ShitovalovFather of Amet-khanProduction information and reference links
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