VIY, 1967

VIY

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.

Directed by
Konstantin Yershov
Georgi Kropachyov

Written by
Aleksandr Ptushko
Konstantin Yershov
Georgi Kropachyov
Based on Viy
by Nikolai Gogol

Starring
Leonid Kuravlyov
Natalya Varley
Alexei Glazyrin
Vadim Zakharchenko
Nikolai Kutuzov

Cinematography
Viktor Pishchalnikov
Fyodor Provorov

Edited by
R. Pesetskaya
Tamara Zubova

Music by
Karen Khachaturian

Production
company
Artistic Association "LUCH"

Distributed by Mosfilm
Release date 1967
Running time 78 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Budget 50000 Soviet Ruble




Vladimir Salnikov ... Gorobets (as V. Salnikov)
Dmitriy Kapka Dmitriy Kapka ... Overko (as D. Kapka)
Stepan Shkurat Stepan Shkurat ... Yavtukh (as S. Shkurat)
Georgiy Sochevko Georgiy Sochevko ... Stepan (as G. Sochevko)
Nikolay Yakovchenko Nikolay Yakovchenko ... Spirid (as N. Yakovchenko)
Nikolay Panasev Nikolay Panasev ... Uteshitel (as N. Panasev)



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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.

Viy (Spirit of Evil[1] or Vii, Russian: Вий) is a 1967 Soviet horror film directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov. Based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, the film's screenplay was written by Yershov, Kropachyov and Aleksandr Ptushko. The film was distributed by Mosfilm, and was the first Soviet-era horror film to be officially released in the USSR

Directed by Konstantin Yershov
Georgi Kropachyov
Written by Aleksandr Ptushko
Konstantin Yershov
Georgi Kropachyov
Based on Viy
by Nikolai Gogol
Starring Leonid Kuravlyov
Natalya Varley
Alexei Glazyrin
Vadim Zakharchenko
Nikolai Kutuzov
Cinematography Viktor Pishchalnikov
Fyodor Provorov
Edited by R. Pesetskaya
Tamara Zubova
Music by Karen Khachaturian
Production
company
Artistic Association "LUCH"
Distributed by Mosfilm
Release date 1967
Running time 78 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Budget 50000 Soviet Ruble




Vladimir Salnikov ... Gorobets (as V. Salnikov)
Dmitriy Kapka Dmitriy Kapka ... Overko (as D. Kapka)
Stepan Shkurat Stepan Shkurat ... Yavtukh (as S. Shkurat)
Georgiy Sochevko Georgiy Sochevko ... Stepan (as G. Sochevko)
Nikolay Yakovchenko Nikolay Yakovchenko ... Spirid (as N. Yakovchenko)
Nikolay Panasev Nikolay Panasev ... Uteshitel (as N. Panasev)



*Copyright is neither expressed nor implied; We do not own any rights this film. All belong to the copyright holders as well as any proceeds that might be attached to this film. *