Viy poster

Viy( 1967)

TV-MADramaFantasyHorror
69%
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Spirit of Evil

Overview

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Leonid Kuravlyov

      Хома Брут, бурсак, философ

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      Natalya Varley

      Панночка, дочь сотника (озв. Кларой Румяновой)

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      Aleksey Glazyrin

      сотник

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      Nikolay Kutuzov

      ведьма

    5. cast image

      Vadim Zakharchenko

      Халява, бурсак, богослов

    6. cast image

      Petro Vesklyarov

      ректор бурсы / Дорош

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      Vladimir Salnikov

      Горобец, бурсак, ритор

    8. cast image

      Dmitriy Kapka

      Оверко

    9. cast image

      Stepan Shkurat

      Явтух

    10. cast image

      Georgiy Sochevko

      Степан

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      Mykola Yakovchenko

      Спирид

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      Nikolay Panasev

      утешитель

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      Boryslav Brondukov

      бурсак (нет в титрах)

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      Sergey Vanyashkin

      дудочник (нет в титрах)

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      Boris Veselov

      двуносый упырь (нет в титрах)

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      Aleksandra Denisova

      селянка (нет в титрах)

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      Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

      селянка (нет в титрах)

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      Mykhailo Kramar

      бурсак (нет в титрах)

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      Viktor Kolpakov

      селянин (нет в титрах)

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      Aleksandr Lebedev

      бурсак, который доит козу (нет в титрах)

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      Elena Muratova

      торговка (нет в титрах)

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      Dmitriy Orlovskiy

      селянин (нет в титрах)

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      Anna Pavlova

      селянка (нет в титрах)

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      Сергей Степанов

      Вий (нет в титрах)

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      Nikolai Yudin

      монах (нет в титрах)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Dec 26 2022
    I gather this is one of the few "horror" films ever made during the Soviet era and it plays rather well on the superstitions of a rural population who are pretty much scared of their own shadows! "Khoma" (Leonid Kuravlyov) is a young priest who is charged with sitting with the corpse of a young woman. Locked, overnight, inside a small wooden church, he must protect her body from the evil spirits that might emanate from the depths of Hell to corrupt not just her, but him too! The eponymous "Viy" is the mightiest of those demons who is determined to seduce the young man - but can the faith and st...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • witch
    • folk horror