Viy
1967
The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
Directed by Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov
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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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- Directors
- Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov
- Written by
- Aleksandr Ptushko, Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov
- Composer
- Karen Khachaturyan
- Cinematographers
- Fyodor Provorov, Viktor Pishchalnikov
- Editors
- Regina Pesetskaya, Tamara Zubrova
- Makeup FX
- Sarra Mokil
- Origin country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Language
- Russian
- Also known as
- The Spirit of Evil, Viy or Spirit of Evil, Viy, King of the Ghosts
- TMDB
- 6.9/10 (285 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 88% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.2/10 (10,735 votes)
Cast
Leonid Kuravlyov
Khoma Brut
Natalya Varley
Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin
Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
Witch
Vadim Zakharchenko
Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov
Dorosh
Vladimir Salnikov
Horobets
Dmytro Kapka
Overko
Stepan Shkurat
Yavtukh
Georgiy Sochevko
Stepan
Mykola Yakovchenko
Spirid
Nikolay Panasev
comforter
Boryslav Brondukov
bursak (uncredited)
Sergey Vanyashkin
piper (uncredited)
Boris Veselov
two-nosed ghoul (uncredited)
Aleksandra Denisova
countrywoman (uncredited)
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
countrywoman (uncredited)
Mykhailo Kramar
bursak (uncredited)
Crew
Georgi Kropachyov
Director
Konstantin Ershov
Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Screenplay
Karen Khachaturyan
Original Music Composer
Fyodor Provorov
Director of Photography
Viktor Pishchalnikov
Director of Photography
Regina Pesetskaya
Editor
Tamara Zubrova
Editor
Nikolay Markin
Production Design
Vitaly Krivonoshchenko
Executive Producer
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