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.
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26 people
Leonid Kuravlyov
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Natalya Varley
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Aleksey Glazyrin
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Nikolay Kutuzov
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Vadim Zakharchenko
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Song of the Forest
Oleksa Dovbush
Vladimir Salnikov
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Dmytro Kapka
Overko
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Stepan Shkurat
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Georgiy Sochevko
Stepan
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Mykola Yakovchenko
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Nikolay Panasev
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Georgi Kropachyov Director · Konstantin Ershov Director Aleksandr Ptushko Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Georgi Kropachyov
Director Screenplay
Konstantin Ershov
Screenplay
Aleksandr Ptushko
Author
Nikolai Gogol
Composer
Karen Khachaturyan
Cinematographer
Viktor Pishchalnikov
Cinematographer
Fyodor Provorov
Editor
Regina Pesetskaya
Editor
Tamara Zubrova
Production designer
Nikolay Markin
Costume designer
Roza Satunovskaya
First release November 27, 1967 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Production Mosfilm
Production
Luch
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Вий
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 27, 1967
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No release date listed for United States.
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