"MOSFILM" "Artistic Association "Luch" "Viy is a colossal creation of the imagination of simple folk." "The tale itself is a purely popular legend. exactly as I heard it told to me." "Gogol." "VIY" "G. KROPACHYOV" "Based on the short novel by N.V. Gogol" "Artistic Director and special effects designer Alexander PTUSHKO" "Directed by graduates of Advanced Film Directors Courses" "K. YERSHOV and G. KROPACHYOV" "V. PISHCHALNIKOV" "Production Designer N. MARKIN" "Music by K. KHACHATURYAN Conductor E. KHACHATURYAN" "I. STULOVA" "Starring" "Leonid KURAVLYOV as Khoma" "N. VARLEY as Young Woman A. GLAZYRIN as Sotnik" "N. KUTUZOV as Witch" "N. ZAKHARCHENKO as Khaliava P. VESKLYAROV as Rector" "V. SALNIKOV as Gorobetz" "D. KAPKA as Overko P. VESKLYAROV as Dorosh" "S. SHKOURAT as Yavtukh" "G. SOCHEVKO as Stepan N. YAKOVCHENKO as Spirid" "N. PANASIEV as Comforter" "Rector!" "Rector!" "just try to stay out of mischief! were caught stealing chickens." "I mean you! indecent songs!" "For shame!" "let us pray together." "let the Light of Thy wisdom shine down upon us." "And bestow on our hearts Thy tender mercy." "Preserve us from all evil." "And Heaven and Earth will resound with glorious songs of praise." "Amen." "Be sure you return in time for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception!" "We should've spotted a farm long ago." "in this darkness." " Where did the road go?" " There is no road." "you go that way." "And I'm going over this way." "And Gorobetz..." "Gorobetz!" "I took a rotten stump for your head." " What did you find?" " Just fox-holes." "what do we do?" " Let's sing at the top of our lungs." "Quiet!" "I know..." "Let's sleep under the stars." "that won't do." "We have to keep looking." "Someone might give us a glass of vodka." "it's better than sleeping under the stars." "There's a farmhouse ahead!" "Come on!" "to find a place to stay." " Open up!" " Hello?" "the theologian." "the orator." "the house is full of people." "Where would I put you?" "my good woman!" "It's unforgivable to let Christian souls perish in the night." " Just somewhere to sleep..." " And if we do something wrong... but each of you must sleep in a separate place." "Whatever you wish." "good woman..." " We're ready to drop with hunger..." "It's been so long since we've eaten." "There's nothing in the house to eat." "I haven't lit the stove all day." "Tomorrow we'll see that you're rewarded handsomely." "You couldn't get a crumb out of the old skinflint." "The hell with her!" "I want you to come here." " Who?" "Me?" "You can sleep in the house." "up in the loft." "where do I stay?" " Come with me." "granny?" "it's the time of lent." "And not for all the gold in the world would I let you tempt me." "you know." "granny?" "For the love of God!" "she's a witch!" "Shameless witch!" "Put me down!" "Let me be!" "put me down!" "Let me be! Thomas!" "you're killing me!" "Khoma!" "Scat!" " What we need is tar." " I know that." "the Rector sent me to get you." "Someone came for you." "brother Khoma." "The daughter of one of our richest Sotniks is dying." "The one who owns the estate just twenty miles outside Kiev." "beaten almost to death." "Khoma Brutus." "Why me?" "I don't even know how to do that!" "Don't argue with me." "You will leave immediately." "The famous Sotnik was good enough to send his men and a wagon." "'cause I'm not leaving!" "No one asked you if you wanted to go or not." "Thank your good master for his gift of the honey and the eggs." "And tell him I shall send the books as soon as they're ready." "I suggest you learn to control that tongue of yours. so you won't be able to sit down for a week." "The Lord be with you." "And with your good master." "see that our friends have some vodka before they leave." "don't just stand there." "Be off with you!" "you'll mend your ways!" "so he won't be tempted to run off." "brother philosopher." "I've been ordered to travel in your company." "a spacious one!" "We could hire some musicians and dance with all the room there is. can you tell me how many horses it would take?" "if you have a lot of salt. that requires such solemn prayers to deliver her soul?" "yet." " Stop!" " An inn!" "Stop!" "whoa!" "We're there." "brother philosopher." "don't forget to water the horses." "my friends." "Please go inside." "step inside." "I propose a toast to the health of the Rector." "Here's to the health of the Rector." "my good friends." "the Cossack drinks on someone else's money..." "Another round!" "Another round!" "Serve another round!" "I'd like to know one thing." "Just what are you seminarians taught?" "or other things?" " What a great scholar." " I want to be a seminarian too." "Do you think I'm not clever enough?" "I can learn anything!" "Oh good Lord!" "Lord have mercy on us!" "The Cossack drinks on someone else's... you pest?" "Don't ask him." "Only God knows everything." "I just want to know what's written in those books." " There could be other things in them." " How can you talk that way?" "If that is God's will..." " Let me go." " Why not let him go?" "Philosopher." "come here." "The master will never know." "my good brothers." "Let me go home!" "The young woman is dead." "The girl is dead." "Be quiet!" "The young woman is dead." " The girl is dead?" " Dead?" "Already?" "Serko!" "The young woman is dead!" "Why don't we let Khoma go now?" " Of course we'll let him go." " He can do as he wants." "Leave him alone..." "The young woman is dead." "you silly pig!" "you're wrong to try to get out of here." "It's not the sort of place you can escape from." "You'd better go to the master." "He is waiting for you." "Why not?" "I would love to meet him. that makes your loss more as the torment I suffer at not knowing what monster was the cause of your death." "and where do you come from?" "From seminary." "My name is Khoma Brutus." " And who was your father?" " I don't know." "either." "I never knew." "How did you make the acquaintance of my daughter?" "sir." "I know nothing of girls." "I swear I've never known one." "then?" "Only God knows why." "The rich people fancy things that don't make sense even to a scholar." "their men get the clout." "philosopher?" "God strike me dead if I'm lying." "I would have known everything. but send men at once to Kiev Seminary" "and tell them to bring here seminarian Khoma Brutus." "And let him pray for three nights for the salvation of my soul." "He knows." "that I hadn't time to hear." "Have you been known for your chaste life?" "Could she hear about you from someone?" "sir!" "I visited a baker's wife on Maundy Thursday." "that's all that counts." "you will start reciting the prayers for her soul." "but certainly you want to do the best thing... anyone versed in the Scriptures could do it... or even a sub-deacon." "They are well-trained and will do what's necessary." "I don't have a good appearance." "I'll do as my dear child had wanted it." "I don't care what it may cost. and I shall reward you handsomely for it." "Otherwise..." "How could our dear mistress abandon us?" "tell us what made you leave us?" "beloved!" "May God the Father have mercy on her soul" "May God the Son have mercy on her soul." "May God the Holy Ghost have mercy on her soul." "Give the philosopher his dinner." "Then bring him back to the church." "Tell them how the witch cast a spell on the huntsman." "that you didn't know Mikitka." "He was a man of exceptional abilities." "Even his dogs adored him." "He was a fine huntsman." "Only recently he had the misfortune to fall for the young mistress." " Either he fell in love with her..." " Or she bewitched him..." "No one knows for sure." "But the man was lost." "One day the girl appeared in the stable and said:" "let me put my foot on you to help me onto the horse." "he said:" "I'd rather you yourself climbed onto my back." "and went galloping away!" "It's time we take the philosopher to where the corpse is lying." "We'll leave you now." " Just pray in earnest." " The best of luck to you." "but we must lock you up in." "By order of the master." "That's all right." "It's no more than three nights of work." "And then the master will fill both of my pockets with gold." "There's nothing to fear." "She won't rise up out of her coffin." "Even corpses fear the word of God." "Am I right?" "Absolutely." "You better stay there." "Don't you know that a Cossack doesn't fear anything?" "There's no way for anyone to come in." "I have prayers to protect me." "no demon can possibly harm me." "They'll never touch me!" "What am I scared of?" "I just had too much to drink." "I'm starting to see things." "candles..." "That's good." "Lots of candles... to chase away... the gloom from the church..." "and light it up." "only three nights." "The church should be full of light." "Cheerful and bright." "There's nothing to fear." "will she!" "poor sinner." "now." "let's begin." "Blessed are..." "O Lord..." "Blessed are they that fear the Almighty." "And they that live according to Thy Word." "I wish it were not prohibited to smoke in the House of God." "walk in the path of righteousness." "They that praise Thee in the hope of eternal..." "What's wrong with some snuff?" "to clear the brain." "Merciful Father!" "Thou art my strength..." "She's a witch!" "A witch come to haunt me!" "protect me!" "my God." "protect me!" "Satan!" "Away!" "Blessed are they that fear the Almighty..." "Away!" "Away with you!" "I call on Thee for help..." "Stay away!" " There's the philosopher!" " He's finished." "It's a lovely place to live!" "You could fish all day in that river." "Old man!" "I'm not going inside." "I'll sleep right here." "philosopher." "I have my orders." "you old devil." " How does it taste?" " Ask the philosopher." " Well?" " What did go on?" "Nothing much." "Just some noises." "A Cossack doesn't fear anything in this world." "Yavtukh." "A Cossack is never afraid of anything." "you really are afraid." "you're not so afraid." "you're not afraid at all!" "Because there's nothing that can do me any harm." "Lord God!" "Let not Thy divine Angel be turned against me." "I ask Thee to spare me Thy terrible wrath." "Have mercy upon Thy servant." "I know my spirit's weak. my soul from evil..." "Strengthen my spirit and protect me from the temptations of evil." "Have mercy on... save me!" "O Lord!" "Save me from the demon!" "O Lord!" "Save me from the demon!" "give me strength!" "Holy Father in Heaven!" "Save me from the evil one!" "Khoma!" "Khoma!" "turn his hair white." "Bewitch him." "Cover him with snow." "philosopher!" "On your feet!" "I want music!" "I want to have music right now!" "that fellow." "he can dance for a long time." "what's wrong?" " Don't you see?" "I'm dancing." "your hair has turned white!" "As white as milk." "Just like good old Yavtukh." "I must talk to your master." "I'll explain everything." "I don't want to pray there again!" "What?" "It's all going well?" "Were you able to stay awake?" "I was able to stay awake." "The devil lives in this house." "I want to skip out while I'm in one piece." "sir... may God have mercy on her soul..." " What about my daughter?" " She's in league with the devil." "She won't let me read the Scriptures in front of her." "since she summoned you." "She did not wish to bear a spiritual burden to the grave." "The only way to assure her salvation was to have the prayers said." "I beg you!" "Don't make me go through with it." "You will read!" "There's just one more night." "and I will reward you." "For all the gold in the world..." "I wouldn't read another prayer." "That's enough!" "Philosopher..." "You're wrong if you think you can trifle with me." "but I'll not tolerate it." "I'll order the guards to lash you." "There's nothing so excruciating as as the leather lash on raw flesh." "I know that." "More than half a dozen are unbearable." "what you don't know is how expert my men are at it." "then we give them some vodka and they begin again." "You may go." "Go back to your duties." "you'll have a thousand lashes." "one thousand gold pieces." "A thousand gold pieces!" "The old miser was surely lying." "I'll run away from here so fast that even your dogs will never catch up with me." "You should know better than make such a detour." "You nearly ruined your fine robe." "That would've been a shame." "How much did you pay for one yard?" "dear old Yavtukh?" "Foolish dog." "Not hungry?" "Then let's go to the church." "Are you scared?" "That witch will give you the time of your life." "Scared of a witch?" "Nothing scares a Cossack!" "I'll make it three." "She's haunting me because she's got the Devil inside her." "I'd hate to think what sin she's guilty of." "it's time to go." "dear." " Think of the torment she's in." " He was fated to go through it." "and I'll get a thousand gold pieces." "Yavtukh?" "Go back to your duties." "philosopher." "I won't be afraid." "I cry out to Thee." "have pity on me." "Take heed of my cries." "Drive out the terror that dwells in my heart." "Let me not yield to the temptations of the evil one." "help me..." "Thou art my Fortress... and my Savior..." "Curse you!" "God Almighty!" "Smite her with lightning!" "Send down Thy wrath!" "Strike her down with Thy fury!" "A curse upon you!" "With the blood of a serpent!" "With the wings of a bat!" "I shall curse you!" "Curse you!" "I summon the vampires!" "I summon the werewolves!" "I summon the vampires!" "I summon the werewolves!" "I summon Viy!" "Bring Viy here!" "Get him!" "Get him!" "Raise my eyelids." "I cannot see!" "or you're lost." "A cock." "I see him!" "you fiends!" "Help!" " The Fates were unkind to Khoma." " It was the will of God." "may his soul rest in peace." "Khoma was a fine young man." "The kind of man I admire." " But his life was wasted for nothing." " I know where he went wrong." "the witch couldn't have harmed him." "and make the sign of the cross." "I do." "the women who run stalls in the market are all witches." "He wouldn't be dead if he hadn't been afraid." " No one can prove he's dead." " That's what everyone says." "Maybe they imagined it." "because of the witch." "even I begin to see witches." "Suppose he wasn't dead?" "Suppose that the one walking this way now... was him!" "Now that's a good one!" " Are you working?" " We're working." "Keep on working then." "THE END"