The Soviet Union’s first horror film!
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.
Made in SU
6.9/10
1967
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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
Mykola Yakovchenko
As Spirid
Nikolay Panasev
As comforter
Boryslav Brondukov
As bursak (uncredited)
Sergey Vanyashkin
As piper (uncredited)
Boris Veselov
As two-nosed ghoul (uncredited)
Aleksandra Denisova
As countrywoman (uncredited)
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
As countrywoman (uncredited)
Mykhailo Kramar
As bursak (uncredited)
Viktor Kolpakov
As countryman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lebedev
As bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
Elena Muratova
As pitchwoman (uncredited)
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
As countryman (uncredited)
Anna Pavlova
As countrywoman (uncredited)
Сергей Степанов
As Viy (uncredited)
Nikolai Yudin
As monk (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
As Pannochka (voice)
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