Viy (1909 film) explained

Viy (ru|Вий) is a 1909 Russian short film directed and written by Vasili Goncharov. This is the first Russian horror film.^{[1] [2]}

The film is considered lost.^[3]

Plot

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

Cast

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

External links

• Viy on KinoPoisk
• Viy on vseokino.ru

Notes and References

1. http://www.cultin.ru/films-vijj-film-1909 Вий (фильм, 1909)
2. https://lenta.ru/articles/2010/04/16/horror/ 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. 10520/EJC108622.