Viy
The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
1967-11-27 | 76 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Leonid KuravlyovKhoma Brut
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Natalya VarleyPannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
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Aleksey GlazyrinCenturion
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Nikolay KutuzovWitch
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Vadim ZakharchenkoFreebie
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Petro VesklyarovDorosh
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Vladimir SalnikovHorobets
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Dmytro KarpaOverko
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Stepan ShkuratYavtukh
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Mykola YakovchenkoSpirid
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Nikolay Panasevcomforter
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Boryslav Brondukovbursak (uncredited)
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Aleksandra Denisovacountrywoman (uncredited)
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Lyubov Kalyuzhnayacountrywoman (uncredited)
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Viktor Kolpakovcountryman (uncredited)
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Aleksandr Lebedevbursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
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