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
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Khoma Brut
Nikolay Kutuzov
as Witch
Vladimir Salnikov
as Horobets
Aleksandra Denisova
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Elena Muratova
as pitchwoman (uncredited)
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
as countryman (uncredited)
Nikolai Yudin
as monk (uncredited)
Natalya Varley
as Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin
as Centurion
Vadim Zakharchenko
as Freebie
Nikolay Panasev
as comforter
Boryslav Brondukov
as bursak (uncredited)
Viktor Kolpakov
as countryman (uncredited)
Petro Vesklyarov
as Dorosh
Dmytro Karpa
as Overko
Stepan Shkurat
as Yavtukh
Mykola Yakovchenko
as Spirid
Klara Rumyanova
as Pannochka (voice)
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lebedev
as bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
Anna Pavlova
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Crew
Georgi Kropachyov
Screenplay, Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Screenplay, Art Direction, Stunt Coordinator
Fyodor Provorov
Director of Photography
Nikolay Markin
Production Design
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Karen Khachaturyan
Original Music Composer
Nikolai Gogol
Short Story
Sarra Mokil
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Konstantin Ershov
Screenplay, Director