Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967) (English subtitles). Part 4/4.
The film is based on the story of the same name by the great Ukrainian and Russian writer Nikolai Gogol. Viy is a colossal creation of simple folk's imagination. The main protagonist of the film, the theology student Khoma Brutus, met him one night under some mysterious circumstances. A young woman died in the village, and poor Khoma was ordered to read the burial service over her. But that woman happened to be a witch. And Viy, the devil's emissary on earth, was by the side of the deceased... Khoma saw him, accompanied by his retinue of vampires and werewolves, on the third, most horrible, night of his service... All the characters of this mystical story are heroes from the whimsical, twilight world, where dreams are interspersed with everyday life, reality with fantasy. The acclaimed master of fairy-tale films Alexander Ptushko directed this motion picture and staged all the special effects and stunts.
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Crew:
Directed by Konstantin Yershov, Georgy Kropachyov, Alexander Ptushko.
Script by Alexander Ptushkor, Konstantin Yershov, Georgy Kropachyov.
Directors of Photography - Fyodor Provorov and Victor Pishchalnikov.
Music by Karen Khachaturyan.
Cast:
Leonid Kuravlyov as Khoma Brutus.
Natalya Varley as Pannochka.
Aleksei Glazyrin as Sotnik.
Nikolai Kutuzov as Witch.
Vadim Zakharchenko as Khaliava.
Pyotr Vesklyarov as Rector / Dorosh.
Vladimir Salnikov as Gorobetz.
Dmitri Kapkaas Overko.
Stepan Shkurat as Yavtukh.
G. Sochevko as Stepan.
Nikolai Yakovchenko as Spirid.
Nikolai Panasyev as Comforter.
© MOSFILM, 1967.
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Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062453/
RUSCICO:
http://ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=1
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English subtitles by T.Kameneva (from original DVD, RUSCICO).
Так играть как сыграл Куравлев не каждому в Голливуде дано.Фильм опередил время.Советский фильм ужасов сделанный по высшему классу.Не придерешься ни к чему.Как мозно было в тоталитарной стране так натурально играть?Не такая значит и тоталитарная.И давала возможность талантам показать себя. Вадим Филиппины.Манила
b073066 1 year ago 2
@b073066
Полностью согласен. Может быть только сам Вий в конце фильма выглядит несколько аляповато, хотя это можно списать на технологии того времени, но в остальном - просто высший класс! Я когда его смотрел в первый раз, у меня мурашки по коже бегали, особенно в сценах в церкви с ведьмой и было действительно страшно. Многие современные фильмы ужасов и в подмётки не годятся этому фильму. "Вий", вышедший уже более 40 лет назад, до сих пор интересен...
PyccoTypucmo 1 year ago