Country
Russia
Date
Nov 27, 1967
The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
1h 16min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya | countrywoman (uncredited) |
| Mykhailo Kramar | bursak (uncredited) |
| Viktor Kolpakov | countryman (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Lebedev | bursak who milks a goat (uncredited) |
| Elena Muratova | pitchwoman (uncredited) |
| Dmitriy Orlovskiy | countryman (uncredited) |
| Anna Pavlova | countrywoman (uncredited) |
| Сергей Степанов | Viy (uncredited) |
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| Nikolai Yudin | monk (uncredited) |
| Klara Rumyanova | Pannochka (voice) |
Genres
DramaFantasyHorror
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Вий |
| Lingua originale | Pусский (RU) |
| Lingue parlate | Pусский |
| Paesi di produzione | Soviet Union |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Luch, Mosfilm |
| Data di uscita | 27 novembre 1967 |
| Exec. Producer | Vitaly Krivonoshchenko |
| Writer | Aleksandr Ptushko, Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov, Nikolai Gogol, Anatoliy Stepanov, N. Matveyev |
| Editors | Regina Pesetskaya, Tamara Zubrova |
| Cinematography | Viktor Pishchalnikov, Fyodor Provorov |
| Asst. Directors | Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov |
| Camera Operators | Viktor Pishchalnikov, Fyodor Provorov |
| Add. Photography | Viktor Pishchalnikov, Fyodor Provorov |
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| Production Design | Nikolay Markin, Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Art Direction | Aleksandr Ptushko, Nikolay Markin |
| Set Decoration | Nikolay Markin, Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Visual Effects | Boris Travkin, V. Smirnov, Nikolay Zvonaryov |
| Stunts | Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Composer | Karen Khachaturyan, Emin Khachaturyan, Irina Stulova, Yevgeni Kashkevich |
| Sound | Karen Khachaturyan, Emin Khachaturyan, Irina Stulova, Yevgeni Kashkevich |
| Costume Design | Roza Satunovskaya, Sarra Mokil, B. Yegorov, Zinaida Yegorova |
| Makeup | B. Yegorov, Zinaida Yegorova, Roza Satunovskaya, Sarra Mokil |
| Hairstyling | Roza Satunovskaya, Sarra Mokil, B. Yegorov, Zinaida Yegorova |
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