Viy (film)
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Directed by | Konstantin Yershov Georgi Kropachyov |
Written by | Original Story: Nikolai Gogol Screen Writers: Aleksandr Ptushko Konstantin Yershov Georgi Kropachyov |
Starring | Leonid Kuravlev Natalya Varley Alexei Glazyrin Vadim Zakharchenko Nikolai Kutuzov |
Music by | Karen Khachaturyan |
Cinematography | Viktor Pishchalnikov Fyodor Provorov |
Editing by | R. Pesetskaya Tamara Zubova |
Release date(s) | 1967 |
Running time | 78 min. |
Country | USSR |
Language | Russian |
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Viy (Вий) is a 1967 horror film made on Mosfilm and based on the Nikolai Gogol story of the same name.
[edit] Synopsis
A cossack must survive 3 nights in prayer guarding the deceased witch maiden while she along with an army of hellish demons try to lure him out of his Holy Ring of Chalk.