Film

Viy

1967 · 1h 16m · Drama · Fantasy · Horror

The Soviet Union’s first horror film!

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

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.

Leonid Kuravlyov

Khoma Brut

Natalya Varley

Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter

Aleksey Glazyrin

Centurion

Nikolay Kutuzov

Witch

Vadim Zakharchenko

Freebie

Petro Vesklyarov

Dorosh

Vladimir Salnikov

Horobets

Dmytro Kapka

Overko

Stepan Shkurat

Yavtukh

Georgiy Sochevko

Stepan

Mykola Yakovchenko

Spirid

Nikolay Panasev

comforter

Boryslav Brondukov

bursak (uncredited)

Sergey Vanyashkin

piper (uncredited)

Boris Veselov

two-nosed ghoul (uncredited)

Aleksandra Denisova

countrywoman (uncredited)

• Georgi KropachyovScreenplay · Director
• Konstantin ErshovScreenplay · Director
• Aleksandr PtushkoScreenplay
• Vitaly KrivonoshchenkoExecutive Producer
• Viktor PishchalnikovDirector of Photography
• Fyodor ProvorovDirector of Photography
• Karen KhachaturyanOriginal Music Composer
• Regina PesetskayaEditor
• Tamara ZubrovaEditor

VIY (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

Release date

November 27, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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