Overview
Based on the story by Nikolai Gogol, an Orthodox priest on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village, who turns into a beautiful young woman. Her dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights in the village, with terrors occurring and his faith waning as he reads prayers on overnight watch.
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Top Cast
Leonid Kuravlyov
Khoma Brut
Natalya Varley
Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin
Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
Witch
Vadim Zakharchenko
Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov
Dorosh
Vladimir Salnikov
Horobets
Dmytro Karpa
Overko
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Movie Info
Release Date
November 27, 1967
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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