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Viy

- Spirit of Evil

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

Release Date : 1967-11-27

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : LuchMosfilm

Production Country : Soviet Union

Alternative Titles : Viy or Spirit of EvilThe Spirit of Evil

Cast

Character Name : Khoma Brut

Original Name : Леонид Куравлёв

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter

Original Name : Наталья Варлей

Gender : Female

Character Name : Centurion

Original Name : Алексей Глазырин

Gender : Male

Character Name : Witch

Original Name : Николай Кутузов

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freebie

Original Name : Вадим Захарченко

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dorosh

Original Name : Пётр Вескляров

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horobets

Original Name : Владимир Сальников

Gender : Male

Character Name : Overko

Original Name : Дмитрий Капка

Gender : Male

Character Name : Явтух

Original Name : Степан Шкурат

Gender : Male

Character Name : Степан

Original Name : Григорий Сочевко

Gender : Male

Character Name : Спирид

Original Name : Микола Яковченко

Gender : Male

Character Name : утешитель

Original Name : Николай Панасьев

Gender : Male

Character Name : бурсак (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Борислав Брондуков

Gender : Male

Character Name : дудочник (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Sergey Vanyashkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : двуносый упырь (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Boris Veselov

Gender : Male

Character Name : селянка (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Александра Денисова

Gender : Female

Character Name : селянка (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Любовь Калюжная

Gender : Female

Character Name : бурсак (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Михайло Крамар

Gender : Male

Character Name : селянин (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Виктор Колпаков

Gender : Male

Character Name : бурсак, который доит козу (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Александр Лебедев

Gender : Male

Character Name : торговка (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Елена Петровна Муратова

Gender : Female

Character Name : селянин (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Дмитрий Орловский

Gender : Male

Character Name : селянка (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Анна Павлова

Gender : Female

Character Name : Вий (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Сергей Степанов

Gender : Male

Character Name : монах (нет в титрах)

Original Name : Nikolai Yudin

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-26

I gather this is one of the few "horror" films ever made during the Soviet era and it plays rather well on the superstitions of a rural population who are pretty much scared of their own shadows! "Khoma" (Leonid Kuravlyov) is a young priest who is charged with sitting with the corpse of a young woman. Locked, overnight, inside a small wooden church, he must protect her body from the evil spirits that might emanate from the depths of Hell to corrupt not just her, but him too! The eponymous "Viy" is the mightiest of those demons who is determined to seduce the young man - but can the faith and strength of this man of God prevail? I really quite liked this - it is maybe a bit over-scripted, but the visual effects are fun and there is (deliberate) humour amongst the scenes of mayhem as coffins - and their occupants - whizz around the church scaring the cassock off the innocent and frequently terrified "Khoma". The denouement - well that has to be seen to be enjoyed. Don't let the opening few minutes - a bit fable-esque - put you off, this is easily as entertaining as anything Hammer were chucking out in the late 1960s and there are some quirky supporting characters to keep it lively for a quickly paced eighty minutes.