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Viy (1909 film)

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Viy
Russian: Вий
Directed byVasili Goncharov
Written byVasili Goncharov
Produced byAleksandr Khanzhonkov
Starring
  • I. Langfeld
  • A. Platonov
  • V. Dalskaya
CinematographyJoseph-Louis Mundwiller
Production
company
Release date
  • September 14, 1909 (1909-09-14)
CountryRussian Empire
LanguageRussian

Viy (Russian: Вий) is a 1909 Russian short film directed and written by Vasili Goncharov. This is the first Russian film-horror.[1][2]

The film is considered lost.[3]

Plot

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The film is a screen version of the 1835 novella by Gogol.

Cast

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  • I. Langfeld
  • A. Platonov
  • V. Dalskaya

References

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  1. ^ Вий (фильм, 1909)
  2. ^ Ужасное кино
  3. ^ Jacq, Jasmine (2009-01-01). "1909-2009 : a hundred years of Gogol adaptations in Russian and Soviet cinema". Slavic Almanac: The South African Journal for Slavic, Central and Eastern European Studies. 15 (2): 173–192. hdl:10520/EJC108622.
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