Viy (1909 film)
| Viy | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Вий | |
| Directed by | Vasili Goncharov |
| Written by | Vasili Goncharov |
| Produced by | Aleksandr Khanzhonkov |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Joseph-Louis Mundwiller |
| Country | Russian Empire |
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[]
The film is a screen version of the novel by Gogol.
Cast[]
- I. Langfeld
- A. Platonov
- V. Dalskaya
References[]
- ^ Вий (фильм, 1909)
- ^ Ужасное кино
- ^ 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. doi:10.10520/EJC108622.
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Categories:
- 1909 films
- Russian films
- Russian-language films
- Russian silent short films
- 1909 short films
- Russian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Vasily Goncharov
- Films of the Russian Empire
- Films based on short fiction
- Films based on works by Nikolai Gogol
- Lost Russian films
- Russian film stubs
- 1900s film stubs