Viy
movie
The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
Released November 27, 1967
Overview
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.
Cast
Leonid Kuravlyov
as
Khoma Brut
Natalya Varley
as
Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin
as
Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
as
Witch
Vadim Zakharchenko
as
Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov
as
Dorosh
Vladimir Salnikov
as
Horobets
Dmytro Karpa
as
Overko
Stepan Shkurat
as
Yavtukh
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Georgiy Sochevko
as
Stepan
Mykola Yakovchenko
as
Spirid
Nikolay Panasev
as
comforter
Crew
Georgi Kropachyov
as
Screenplay
Aleksandr Ptushko
as
Screenplay
Konstantin Ershov
as
Screenplay
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Viktor Pishchalnikov
as
Director of Photography
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Regina Pesetskaya
as
Editor
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Roza Satunovskaya
as
Costume Design
Nikolay Markin
as
Production Design
Karen Khachaturyan
as
Original Music Composer
Fyodor Provorov
as
Director of Photography
Emin Khachaturyan
as
Conductor
Nikolai Gogol
as
Short Story
Sarra Mokil
as
Prosthetic Makeup Artist