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Play Time: 76 mins
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Viy

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.

Original Title:Вий
Status: Released (1967-11-27)
Screen:Konstantin Ershov, Nikolay Gogol, Georgiy Kropachyov
Productions: Luch, Mosfilm
Production Countries: Soviet Union
Spoken Languages: Pусский
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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 ....

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