Hello,
“Viy” (Russian: Вий, Ukrainian: Вій) is a horror short story by the Ukrainian-born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (1835). The title refers to the name of a demonic entity central to the plot.
In 1967 the short story was adapted by Georgi Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov into the film Viy.
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Cast:
Leonid Kuravlyov as Khoma Brutus
Natalya Varley as Pannochka
Aleksei Glazyrin as Sotnik
Nikolai Kutuzov as Witch (as N. Kutuzov)
Vadim Zakharchenko as Khaliava
Pyotr Vesklyarov as Rector / Dorosh (as P. Vesklyarov)
Vladimir Salnikov as Gorobetz (as V. Salnikov)
Dmitri Kapka as Overko (as D. Kapka)
Stepan Shkurat as Yavtukh (as S. Shkurat)
G. Sochevko as Stepan
© MOSFILM, 1967.
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