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Viy is a 1967 Soviet horror and fantasy film produced by Mosfilm and Luch. Directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgy Kropachyov, the movie is based on the work of Nikolai Gogol. The screenplay was written by Aleksandr Ptushko, Yershov, and Kropachyov. The cast includes Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, and Vadim Zakharchenko. Karen Khachaturian composed the score for the production.
The film has a runtime of 76 or 77 minutes and was released on November 27, 1967. It has also been distributed on video on demand through providers such as Night Flight Plus, Screambox Amazon Channel, Eternal Family, Klassiki, and Troma NOW. The story features characters including an upiór and Viy, with keywords associated with witches, villages, evil spirits, corpses, and demons. The film holds review scores of 83% and 6.3 out of 10, as well as an IMDb rating of 7.1.
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6.9A 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
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Khoma Brut
- Natalya Varley as Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
- Aleksey Glazyrin as Centurion
- Nikolay Kutuzov as Witch
- Vadim Zakharchenko as Freebie
- Petro Vesklyarov as Dorosh
Themes
- witch
- village
- evil spirit
- corpse
- demon
- gothic horror
- folk horror
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Based on
- Viy
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Georgy Kropachyov
- Screenwriter
- Georgy Kropachyov
- Composer
- Karen Khachaturian
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Duration
- 78
- FilmAffinity ID
- 236417
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-08-21
- title
- Вий
- after a work by
- Nikolai Gogol
- different from
- Viy
- review score
- 6.3/10
- characters
- Viy
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