Viy

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(259 votes)

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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama,

Fantasy,

Horror

Duration:

76 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Georgi Kropachyov

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Company:

Luch,

Mosfilm

Cast:
Leonid Kuravlyov

Khoma Brut

Natalya Varley

Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter

Aleksey Glazyrin

Centurion

Nikolay Kutuzov

Witch

Vadim Zakharchenko

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Crew:
Aleksandr Ptushko

Screenplay

Georgi Kropachyov

Screenplay

Konstantin Ershov

Screenplay

Karen Khachaturyan

Original Music Composer

Viktor Pishchalnikov

Director of Photography