Viy (1996 film)
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Alla Grachyova
by Nikolai Gogol
| Viy | |
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| Directed by | Leonid Zarubin Alla Grachyova |
| Written by | Alla Grachyova |
| Based on | Viy by Nikolai Gogol |
| Produced by | Vyacheslav Kilinsky |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Anatoliy Havrylov |
| Edited by | Lidiya Mokrousova |
| Music by | Volodymyr Runchak Leonid Hrabovsky Alexander Scriabin |
Production company | Ukranimafilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Language | Ukrainian |
Viy (Ukrainian: «Вій») is a 1996 Ukrainian animated dark fantasy short film directed by Leonid Zarubin, and Alla Grachyova[1] based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, filmed by the Ukranimafilm studio in 1996.
Kyiv seminarians, theologian Khalyava and rhetorician Tiberiy Gorobets, meet in a tavern where they discuss the mysterious death of their friend Khoma Brutus.
Voice cast
- Bohdan Beniuk
- Natalya Sumska
- Vasyl Mazur
- Ivan Kadubets
- Yevgeny Shakh
Critical response
According to film critic Stanislav F. Rostotsky (Kommersant), "the twenty-minute Ukrainian cartoon by Leonid Zarubin and Alla Grachyova is quite close to the text".[2]
National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Centre writes: "Among other screen adaptations of Gogol, this was the closest to the text. The film's production artists created a beautiful, delicate picture of the baroque Cossack Ukraine and populated it with a whole range of diverse peasants. The color scheme is more restrained, almost dull, which is generally a common thing in 90s animation".[3]