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Spirit of Evil - Viy
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Title: Viy

Release Date: 27 Nov 1967

Runtime: 1h 16m

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Luch, Mosfilm

Production Companies: Luch, Mosfilm

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (235 votes)

Cast

  • Khoma Brutus: Leonid Kuravlyov
  • Pannochka: Natalya Varley
  • Sotnik: Aleksey Glazyrin
  • Vedma: Nikolay Kutuzov
  • Khalyava: Vadim Zakharchenko
  • Rektor / Dorosh: Petro Vesklyarov
  • Gorobets: Vladimir Salnikov
  • Overko: Dmitriy Kapka
  • Yavtukh: Stepan Shkurat
  • Stepan: Georgiy Sochevko
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