Viy

Konstantin Ershov
1967-11-27

The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
6.9
76 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Leonid Kuravlyov Khoma Brut Unowned
Natalya Varley Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter Unowned
Aleksey Glazyrin Centurion Unowned
Nikolay Kutuzov Witch Unowned
Vadim Zakharchenko Freebie Unowned
Petro Vesklyarov Dorosh Unowned
Vladimir Salnikov Horobets Unowned
Dmytro Karpa Overko Unowned
Stepan Shkurat Yavtukh Unowned
Georgiy Sochevko Stepan Unowned
Mykola Yakovchenko Spirid Unowned
Nikolay Panasev comforter Unowned
Boryslav Brondukov bursak (uncredited) Unowned
Sergey Vanyashkin piper (uncredited) Unowned
Boris Veselov two-nosed ghoul (uncredited) Unowned
Aleksandra Denisova countrywoman (uncredited) Unowned
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya countrywoman (uncredited) Unowned
Mykhailo Kramar bursak (uncredited) Unowned
Viktor Kolpakov countryman (uncredited) Unowned
Aleksandr Lebedev bursak who milks a goat (uncredited) Unowned
Elena Muratova pitchwoman (uncredited) Unowned
Dmitriy Orlovskiy countryman (uncredited) Unowned
Anna Pavlova countrywoman (uncredited) Unowned
Сергей Степанов Viy (uncredited) Unowned
Nikolai Yudin monk (uncredited) Unowned
Klara Rumyanova Pannochka (voice) Unowned