---
title: 'Viy (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Konstantin Yershov'
released: '1967-11-27'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/viy-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062453/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Viy (1967)

1967 · 78 min · Fantasy, Horror · Soviet Union

Original title: Вий

## Synopsis

Viy is a 1967 Soviet Gothic dark fantasy folk horror film directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov. Based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, the film's screenplay was written by Yershov, Kropachyov and Aleksandr Ptushko. The film was distributed by Mosfilm.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Konstantin Yershov](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-yershov), [Georgy Kropachyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-kropachyov)
- **Screenplay:** [Konstantin Yershov](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-yershov), [Georgy Kropachyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-kropachyov), [Aleksandr Ptushko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-ptushko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Karen Khachaturian](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-khachaturian)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fyodor Provorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/fyodor-provorov)

## Cast

- [Stepan Shkurat](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepan-shkurat) as Yavtuh
- [Did Panas](https://cinepixo.com/people/did-panas) as rector/Doroche
- [Mykola Yakovchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/mykola-yakovchenko) as Spirid
- [Vladimir Salnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-salnikov) as Gorobets
- [Aleksandr Lebedev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-lebedev) as un séminariste
- [Aleksey Glazyrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-glazyrin) as Sotnik
- [Boryslav Brondukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boryslav-brondukov) as un séminariste
- [Dmitry Orlovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-orlovsky) as un paysan
- [Mykhaylo Kramar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mykhaylo-kramar) as un séminariste
- [Klara Rumyanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/klara-rumyanova) as la voix de Pannochka
- [Boris Veselov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-veselov) as upiór
- [Vadim Zakharchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-zakharchenko) as Khaliava
- [Leonid Kuravlyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kuravlyov) as Khoma Brutus
- [Natalya Varley](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-varley) as Pannochka
- [Viktor Kolpakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-kolpakov) as un paysan

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/viy-1967
Film facts: Wikidata (Q331405); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.