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.
Trailer
Cast
Aleksandra Denisova
countrywoman (uncredited)
Viktor Kolpakov
countryman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lebedev
bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
countryman (uncredited)
Vadim Zakharchenko
Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov
Dorosh
Georgiy Sochevko
Stepan
Elena Muratova
pitchwoman (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
Pannochka (voice)
Leonid Kuravlyov
Khoma Brut
Dmytro Kapka
Overko
Stepan Shkurat
Yavtukh
Mykola Yakovchenko
Spirid
Boryslav Brondukov
bursak (uncredited)
Anna Pavlova
countrywoman (uncredited)
Aleksey Glazyrin
Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
Witch
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
countrywoman (uncredited)
Nikolai Yudin
monk (uncredited)
Natalya Varley
Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Vladimir Salnikov
Horobets