Foreign Prayer (2017)
Nazi-occupied Crimea, 1944. A boy named Itzhak turns to Saide Arifova, a local Tatar Muslim woman, for help, explaining that he and a group of other Jewish orphans are hiding from the Nazis. Arifova faces a moral dilemma: should she try to help them or save herself by refusing? Despite the impending danger, she decides to protect the children by hiding them in plain sight, and disguising them as Tatars and adopting them into the local community.
Director:
Akhtem Seitablaiev
Writer:
Mykola Rybalka
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Liliia Yatsenko as Saide Arifova |
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Akhtem Seitablaiev as |
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Andrian Zwicker as |
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Sebastian Anton as |
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Shevket Seydametov as |
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Elzara Batalova as |
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Serhii Detiuk as |
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Oleksandr Melnyk as |
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Dmytro Saranskov as |
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Serhii Dzialyk as |
| Editing | Serhii Klepach | Editor |
| Writing | Mykola Rybalka | Screenplay |
| Art | Shevket Seydametov | Production Design |
| Directing | Akhtem Seitablaiev | Director |
| Production | Ivanna Diadiura | Producer |
| Sound | Andrii Starykovskyi | Foley Artist |