.seo-fallback{max-width:46rem;margin:0 auto;padding:2.5rem 1.25rem 4rem; font:16px/1.6 Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;color:#EDE9F5;background:#0E0A1B} .seo-fallback a{color:#FFCA3A} .seo-fallback h1{font-size:1.75rem;line-height:1.2;margin:.5rem 0 1rem} .seo-fallback h2{font-size:1.05rem;margin:2rem 0 .5rem;color:#9C93B8; text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em} .seo-fallback ul{padding-left:1.1rem;margin:.5rem 0} .seo-fallback li{margin:.3rem 0} .seo-fallback .seo-meta{color:#9C93B8;font-size:.9rem} .seo-fallback .seo-note{margin-top:2.5rem;color:#9C93B8;font-size:.85rem; border-top:1px solid #2A2340;padding-top:1rem}

FilmSkool — a free film school

Viy

Name: Viy
Director: Georgi Kropachyov
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1967
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov, Vadim Zakharchenko

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.

1967 · Directed by Georgi Kropachyov · 76 min · Drama · Fantasy · Horror · 13 frames

Tagline

The Soviet Union’s first horror film!

Crew

Screenplay: Konstantin Ershov, Georgi Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko
Cinematography: Fyodor Provorov, Viktor Pishchalnikov
Edited by: Regina Pesetskaya, Tamara Zubrova
Music: Karen Khachaturyan
Production design: Nikolay Markin

Cast

Leonid Kuravlyov as Khoma Brut
Natalya Varley as Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin as Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov as Witch
Vadim Zakharchenko as Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov as Dorosh
Vladimir Salnikov as Horobets
Dmytro Kapka as Overko
Stepan Shkurat as Yavtukh
Georgiy Sochevko as Stepan

Production

Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian
Studios: Luch, Mosfilm
Themes: witch, village, evil spirit, corpse, demon, gothic horror, folk horror

On this film

This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.