Viy ( 1967 )
"The Soviet Union’s first horror film!"
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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 Karpa
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)
Nikolai Yudin
monk (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
Pannochka (voice)
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