Character Relationships in Viy

Khoma Brut (played by Leonid Kuravlyov) is a protagonist in Viy. Seminarian protagonist who encounters a witch in the countryside. Later coerced into a three-night prayer vigil over a wealthy sotnik's daughter, he battles supernatural entities with a chalk circle and dies after gazing upon the demon Viy. Witch (played by Nikolay Kutuzov) appears in Viy. Old woman at a farm who seduces and rides Khoma like a horse. She is later revealed to be the centurion's daughter, Pannochka, and serves as the primary supernatural antagonist during the chapel vigils.

Character Relationship Map: Viy

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Characters

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

Story Analysis

A frightened seminarian is forced to confront a Witch whose supernatural vengeance culminates in a fatal encounter with Viy.

Plot Progression

  1. The Farmhouse Encounter
  2. A Deadly Assignment
  3. The First Chapel Night
  4. The Circle Weakens
  5. Viy's Fatal Gaze

Directed by Konstantin Ershov, Georgi Kropachyov

Viy (1967) · 6.9/10 · drama, fantasy, horror

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q331405), public domain (CC0).