''Ordered to Forget'' (russian: Приказано забыть) is a 2014 Russian film directed by Hussein Erkenov. The film was intended to debut on 10 May 2014 but was banned because the Russian Ministry of Culture officially denies the events of the Khaibakh massacre and claimed the film would create ethnic hatred after denouncing the film as "anti-Russian". The makers of the film stated that they did not wish to promote hatred of Russians, and the film depicts many ethnic Russians characters outright resisting orders to kill Chechen and Ingush civilians issued by

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

officer Mikhail Gvishiani. Despite the government's ban on showing the film, it was screened at the

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

Synopsis

The film chronicles the

Khaibakh massacre The Khaibakh massacre was the mass murder of the Chechen civilian population of the ''aul'' (village) Khaibakh, in the mountainous part of Chechnya, by Soviet forces during the deportations of 1944 on 27 February 1944. Timeline The massacr ...

through the lens of the main protagonists Daud and Seda, two fictional characters who were depicted as witnesses of the massacre after fleeing their

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

Cast

* Shamkhan Mitrayev – Daud * Kheda Akhmadova – Seda * Movsar Atayev – Chairman of the village council * Khava Akhmadova – Daud's mother * Timur Badalbeyli –

Colonel * Ruslan Kokonayev – Daud's friend * Roman Kouznechenko – Kasim * Andrey Mekhontsev – soldier * Aleksandr Novin – Duzhak * Roza Khayrullina – Raikhan * Adam Bulduchev * Akhmed Bisayev * Ali Bisitayev * Markha Gayrbekova * Raisa Gichayeva * Mutalip Davletmirzayev * Roman Katyushin * Dagun Omayev * Abu Pashayev * Madina Sanayeva * Apti Sultukhanov * Zarema Ulabayeva * Sanukhat Khakisheva

References

2014 films Censored films Chechen-language films 2010s Russian-language films {{Russia-film-stub