Viy
Вий
Release: 1967-11-27
·Runtime: 76m
·★ 6.9
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Luch
Mosfilm
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Elena Muratova
as pitchwoman (uncredited)
Nikolai Yudin
as monk (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
as Pannochka (voice)
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Khoma Brut
Vadim Zakharchenko
as Freebie
Vladimir Salnikov
as Horobets
Stepan Shkurat
as Yavtukh
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
as countryman (uncredited)
Natalya Varley
as Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Mykola Yakovchenko
as Spirid
Aleksandra Denisova
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Viktor Kolpakov
as countryman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lebedev
as bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
Anna Pavlova
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Aleksey Glazyrin
as Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
as Witch
Petro Vesklyarov
as Dorosh
Dmytro Karpa
as Overko
Nikolay Panasev
as comforter
Boryslav Brondukov
as bursak (uncredited)
Crew
Georgi Kropachyov
Screenplay, Director
Karen Khachaturyan
Original Music Composer
Fyodor Provorov
Director of Photography
Nikolai Gogol
Short Story
Sarra Mokil
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Konstantin Ershov
Screenplay, Director
Nikolay Markin
Production Design
Aleksandr Ptushko
Screenplay, Art Direction, Stunt Coordinator
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor