Ordered to Forget () 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 officer Mikhail Gvishiani. Despite the government's ban on showing the film, it was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival.

Ordered to Forget

Synopsis

The film chronicles the Khaibakh massacre 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.

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Cast

Shamkhan Mitrayev – Daud

Kheda Akhmadova – Seda

Movsar Atayev – Chairman of the village council

Khava Akhmadova – Daud's mother

Timur Badalbeyli – NKVD 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

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