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Viy (1967)

Not Rated | | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 27 November 1967 (Soviet Union)
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A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

Directors:

Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov

Writers:

Konstantin Ershov, Nikolay Gogol (story) (as Nikolai Gogol) | 2 more credits »

Stars:

Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin | See full cast & crew »
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Complete credited cast:
Leonid Kuravlyov ... Khoma
Natalya Varley ... Pannochka (as N. Varley)
Aleksey Glazyrin Aleksey Glazyrin ... Sotnik (as A. Glazyrin)
Nikolay Kutuzov ... Vedma (as N. Kutuzov)
Vadim Zakharchenko ... Khalyava (as V. Zakharchenko)
Pyotr Vesklyarov ... Rektor / Dorosh (as P. Vesklyarov)
Vladimir Salnikov Vladimir Salnikov ... Gorobets (as V. Salnikov)
Dmitriy Kapka ... Overko (as D. Kapka)
Stepan Shkurat ... Yavtukh (as S. Shkurat)
Georgiy Sochevko ... Stepan (as G. Sochevko)
Nikolay Yakovchenko ... Spirid (as N. Yakovchenko)
Nikolay Panasev ... Uteshitel (as N. Panasev)
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Storyline

Getting lost, wandering home whilst on leave from his seminary, novice monk Khoma stays in the barn of an old woman. A scuffle breaks out. Later, he is summoned to stand and pray over a young dead woman, in the local church, for three nights. It is here that, while in the long, dark nights of the locked doors, the dead regain life, the souls of Hell taunt the young monk to near terrifying insanity, and the test of Faith will be as powerful as the witches, monsters and the mighty demon Viy who haunt his every step and bay for his very soul. Written by Cinema_Fan

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folk horror | theology student | church | witch | seminarian | See All (88) »

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Drama | Fantasy | Horror

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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »

Goofs

The first time Khorma inscribes a sacred chalk circle on the church floor, it is possible to see a partially erased circle already present, possible left over from previous takes of the scene. See more »

Quotes

Pannochka: I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves!... I summon Viy!
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terrificski
19 July 2004 | by rufasff – See all my reviews

Since I missed the showings other posters have mentioned, it took awhile for me to catch up with this on DVD. Nine and a half out of ten; a really wonderful horror fantasy. I would add only that the young preists harrowing experience

might well have inspired the Western horror novel and film "The Exorsist." I like this one, however, much better. This film is funny, scary, and visualy impressive. A real gem.
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Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

27 November 1967 (Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

Viy or Spirit of Evil See more »

Filming Locations:

Saint George's Church, Sedniv, Chernihiv, Ukraine See more »

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Production Co:

Luch, Mosfilm See more »
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Runtime:

| (VHS)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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