Viy

Viy (1967)

The Soviet Union’s first horror film!

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.

star 6.9 7.2 88%
  • Release Date: 1967-11-27
  • Runtime: 1h 16min
  • Directors: Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov.

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    • Trailer

    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 Karpa

      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)

    • Viktor Kolpakov

      countryman (uncredited)

    • Aleksandr Lebedev

      bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)

    • Elena Muratova

      pitchwoman (uncredited)

    • Dmitriy Orlovskiy

      countryman (uncredited)

    • Anna Pavlova

      countrywoman (uncredited)

    • Сергей Степанов

      Viy (uncredited)

    • Nikolai Yudin

      monk (uncredited)

    • Klara Rumyanova

      Pannochka (voice)

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