Movie
Viy
The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.
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Synopsis
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.
More about Viy
Cast
Leonid KuravlyovKhoma Brut
Natalya VarleyPannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey GlazyrinCenturion
Nikolay KutuzovWitch
Vadim ZakharchenkoFreebie
Petro VesklyarovDorosh
Vladimir SalnikovHorobets
Dmytro KapkaOverkoCredits
- Directed by
- Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov
- Written by
- Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov, Aleksandr Ptushko
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Вий
Production
- LuchRussia
MosfilmRussia
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