"A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him."
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Khoma Brut
Natalya Varley
as Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
Aleksey Glazyrin
as Centurion
Nikolay Kutuzov
as Witch
Vadim Zakharchenko
as Freebie
Petro Vesklyarov
as Dorosh
Vladimir Salnikov
as Horobets
Dmitriy Kapka
as Overko
Stepan Shkurat
as Yavtukh
Georgiy Sochevko
as Stepan
Mykola Yakovchenko
as Spirid
Nikolay Panasev
as comforter
Boryslav Brondukov
as bursak (uncredited)
Sergey Vanyashkin
as piper (uncredited)
Boris Veselov
as two-nosed ghoul (uncredited)
Aleksandra Denisova
as countrywoman (uncredited)
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
Mykhailo Kramar
Viktor Kolpakov
as countryman (uncredited)
Aleksandr Lebedev
as bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)
Elena Muratova
as pitchwoman (uncredited)
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Anna Pavlova
Сергей Степанов
as Viy (uncredited)
Nikolai Yudin
as monk (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
as Pannochka (voice)
Georgi Kropachyov
Director
Konstantin Ershov
Aleksandr Ptushko
Screenplay
Nikolai Gogol
Story
Karen Khachaturyan
Original Music Composer
Viktor Pishchalnikov
Director of Photography
Fyodor Provorov
Regina Pesetskaya
Editor
Tamara Zubova
Nikolay Markin
Production Design
Art Direction
Roza Satunovskaya
Costume Design
Yevgeni Kashkevich
Sound
Irina Stulova
Special Effects Supervisor
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor