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Gogol. Viy
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.
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A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.
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Genre:Mystery, Adventure, Drama
Written By:Alexey Chupov, Natalya Merkulova, Aleksey Karaulov, Filipp Konyashov
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Box Office:$7,471,349
Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Sreda
Cast
Egor Baranov
Director
Alexander Petrov
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Aleksey Vertkov
Homa Brut
Evgeniy Stychkin
Binh - Investigator
Taisiya Vilkova
Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - Countess
Artyom Tkachenko
Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
Maksim Mironov
10 years-old Gogol
Yuliya Frants
Oksana
Yan Tsapnik
Bomgart (doctor)
Sergey Badyuk
Vakula (blacksmith)
Marta Kessler
Vasilina (Daughter of Vakula)
Kseniya Razina
Ulyana
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