1 00:00:00,814 --> 00:00:04,776 Digital restoration of film and audio carried out by Cinema Concern MOSFILM 2 00:00:13,618 --> 00:00:16,329 MOSFILM 3 00:00:18,457 --> 00:00:22,919 Artistic Association "Luch" 4 00:00:24,421 --> 00:00:28,884 "Viy is a colossal creation of the imagination of simple folk." 5 00:00:30,093 --> 00:00:32,721 "The tale itself is a purely popular legend." 6 00:00:34,056 --> 00:00:35,891 "And I tell it without change," 7 00:00:36,183 --> 00:00:39,811 "...in all its simplicity, exactly as I heard it told to me." 8 00:00:40,270 --> 00:00:41,438 - Gogol. 9 00:00:41,855 --> 00:00:44,107 VIY 10 00:00:44,483 --> 00:00:48,486 Screenplay by A. PTUSHKO, K. YERSHOV, G. KROPACHYOV 11 00:00:48,779 --> 00:00:52,407 Based on the short novel by N. V. GOGOL 12 00:00:52,699 --> 00:00:57,621 Artistic Direction and SFX by ALEXANDER PTUSHKO 13 00:00:58,747 --> 00:01:01,208 Directed by graduates Advanced Film Directors Courses 14 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:05,337 K. YERSHOV and G. KROPACHYOV 15 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:08,632 Photography by F. PROVOROV, V. PISHCHALNIKOV 16 00:01:08,924 --> 00:01:11,551 Production Designer N. MARKIN 17 00:01:11,843 --> 00:01:15,639 Music by K. KHACHATURYAN Conductor E. KHACHATURYAN 18 00:01:15,931 --> 00:01:18,517 Sound by E. KASHKEVICH, I. STULOVA 19 00:01:41,081 --> 00:01:43,917 Starring 20 00:01:44,459 --> 00:01:48,964 Leonid KURAVLYYOV as Khoma 21 00:01:50,132 --> 00:01:53,677 N. VARLEY as Young Woman A. GLAZYRIN as Sotnik 22 00:01:53,969 --> 00:01:56,513 N. KUTUZOV as Witch 23 00:01:56,847 --> 00:02:00,684 V. ZAKHARCHENKO as Khaliava P. VESKLYAROV as Rector 24 00:02:00,976 --> 00:02:02,894 V. SALNIKOV as Gorobetz 25 00:02:03,186 --> 00:02:07,314 D. KAPKA as Overko P. VESKLYAROV as Dorosh 26 00:02:07,607 --> 00:02:09,442 S. SHKOURAT as Yavtukh 27 00:02:09,734 --> 00:02:12,654 G. SOCHEVKO as Stepan N. YAKOVCHENKO as Spirid 28 00:02:12,946 --> 00:02:15,490 N. PANASIEV as Comforter 29 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,063 Read, Rector! 30 00:02:51,151 --> 00:02:52,443 Rector! 31 00:03:05,123 --> 00:03:11,338 Now that you're going home, try to stay out of mischief! 32 00:03:11,713 --> 00:03:13,757 On the last vacation, two seminarians, 33 00:03:14,049 --> 00:03:18,470 ...disguised as devils, were caught stealing chickens. 34 00:03:19,054 --> 00:03:22,265 Zozulia and Lemesh, I mean you! 35 00:03:23,099 --> 00:03:27,270 The other three got a deacon drunk, 36 00:03:27,562 --> 00:03:31,149 ...and then goaded him into singing bawdy, indecent songs! 37 00:03:31,608 --> 00:03:33,151 For shame! 38 00:03:33,485 --> 00:03:35,862 And now, let us pray together. 39 00:03:36,238 --> 00:03:41,826 Lord, let the Light of Thy wisdom shine down upon us. 40 00:03:45,914 --> 00:03:50,126 And bestow on our hearts Thy tender mercy. 41 00:03:58,843 --> 00:04:02,347 Preserve us from all evil. 42 00:04:04,099 --> 00:04:06,977 And Heaven and Earth will resound with glorious 43 00:04:07,269 --> 00:04:08,979 songs of praise. 44 00:04:14,150 --> 00:04:15,527 Amen. 45 00:04:17,487 --> 00:04:20,198 Be sure you return in time for the... 46 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:23,159 ...Feast of the Immaculate Conception! 47 00:06:11,351 --> 00:06:14,646 We should've spotted a farm long ago. 48 00:06:15,688 --> 00:06:17,857 The devil would lose his way in this darkness, too. 49 00:06:19,234 --> 00:06:20,193 Where did the road go? 50 00:06:23,113 --> 00:06:24,364 There is no road. 51 00:06:25,448 --> 00:06:28,201 Look, Khaliava, you go that way. I'm going over this way. 52 00:06:29,911 --> 00:06:30,912 And Gorobetz... 53 00:06:32,789 --> 00:06:33,706 Gorobetz... 54 00:06:37,752 --> 00:06:38,670 Hey, Gorobetz! 55 00:06:41,548 --> 00:06:45,468 Damn it. I mistook a rotten stump for your head. 56 00:06:46,970 --> 00:06:47,887 What did you find? 57 00:06:48,304 --> 00:06:50,473 Just fox holes. 58 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,778 Well, what should we do? 59 00:07:04,571 --> 00:07:06,781 Let's sing at the top of our lungs. 60 00:07:07,073 --> 00:07:07,991 Quiet! 61 00:07:10,285 --> 00:07:12,829 I know, let's sleep under the stars. 62 00:07:14,914 --> 00:07:17,125 No, Khaliava, that won't do. 63 00:07:18,835 --> 00:07:23,131 We have to keep looking. Someone might give us a glass of vodka. 64 00:07:25,258 --> 00:07:29,762 Sure... It's better than sleeping under the stars. 65 00:07:36,936 --> 00:07:40,523 There's a farm house ahead. 66 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,241 Come on! 67 00:08:00,210 --> 00:08:03,421 Brothers, it's our last chance to find a place to stay. 68 00:08:03,713 --> 00:08:06,216 - Open up! - Hello? 69 00:08:07,342 --> 00:08:08,384 Who is it? 70 00:08:09,052 --> 00:08:11,471 Khaliava, the theologian. 71 00:08:11,763 --> 00:08:14,057 - Brutus, the philosopher. - Gorobetz, the orator. 72 00:08:14,557 --> 00:08:19,062 No, the house is full of people. Where would I put you? 73 00:08:20,855 --> 00:08:22,148 Have mercy on us, my good woman! 74 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,652 It's unforgivable to let Christian souls perish at night! 75 00:08:25,944 --> 00:08:27,570 Just give us somewhere to sleep! 76 00:08:27,862 --> 00:08:31,407 And if we do something wrong - 77 00:08:31,699 --> 00:08:36,204 All right, but each of you must sleep in separate places. 78 00:08:38,289 --> 00:08:40,083 Whatever you wish! 79 00:08:56,891 --> 00:09:01,396 - Listen, good woman... - We're dying of hunger. 80 00:09:02,063 --> 00:09:04,023 It's been so long since we've eaten. 81 00:09:04,315 --> 00:09:09,988 There's nothing to eat. I haven't lit the stove all day. 82 00:09:10,363 --> 00:09:13,533 Tomorrow we'll see that you're rewarded handsomely. 83 00:09:16,869 --> 00:09:18,371 You couldn't get a crumb out of the old skinflint! 84 00:09:18,663 --> 00:09:19,706 To hell with her! 85 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:26,045 - Boy, I want you to come here. - Who? Me? 86 00:09:31,509 --> 00:09:32,969 You can sleep in the house. 87 00:09:45,732 --> 00:09:49,694 And you, the tall one, up in the loft. 88 00:09:59,912 --> 00:10:02,790 - Well, where will I stay? - Come with me. 89 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,060 What do you want, granny? 90 00:11:08,564 --> 00:11:10,149 No, it's the time of lent. 91 00:11:10,525 --> 00:11:13,611 And not for all the gold in the world would I let you tempt me. 92 00:11:18,533 --> 00:11:20,410 You're not in the flower of youth, you know. 93 00:11:50,148 --> 00:11:52,692 What's wrong with you, granny? For the love of God! 94 00:13:07,475 --> 00:13:09,310 Good Lord, she's a witch. 95 00:13:15,024 --> 00:13:18,985 Shameless witch! Put me down! Let me be! 96 00:13:19,529 --> 00:13:20,822 In the name of God, 97 00:13:21,155 --> 00:13:23,366 ...Jesus Christ, put me down! Let me be! 98 00:13:27,954 --> 00:13:30,790 If I'm not making you fly, it must be Christ... 99 00:13:31,290 --> 00:13:32,667 ...and his apostle, Thomas! 100 00:13:59,861 --> 00:14:03,030 Oh, you're killing me! 101 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,400 Khoma. 102 00:16:08,948 --> 00:16:09,865 Scat! 103 00:16:17,957 --> 00:16:21,502 - What we need is tar. - I know that. 104 00:16:25,297 --> 00:16:26,132 Hey, Khoma. 105 00:16:27,133 --> 00:16:28,050 What is it? 106 00:16:28,634 --> 00:16:31,137 The rector sent me to get you. Someone came for you. 107 00:16:58,539 --> 00:17:01,167 Ah, it's you, brother Khoma. 108 00:17:02,293 --> 00:17:04,378 The daughter of one of our richest Sotniks is dying. 109 00:17:04,712 --> 00:17:07,548 The one who owns the estate just twenty miles outside Kyiv. 110 00:17:08,132 --> 00:17:10,426 Yesterday, the girl returned home, beaten almost to death. 111 00:17:11,052 --> 00:17:15,264 She expressed a wish that in her final agony, 112 00:17:15,848 --> 00:17:19,894 ...the last prayers for her salvation be said by you, 113 00:17:20,311 --> 00:17:21,604 ...Khoma Brutus. 114 00:17:23,105 --> 00:17:23,814 Why me? 115 00:17:24,231 --> 00:17:25,232 I don't even know how to do that! 116 00:17:25,524 --> 00:17:28,152 Don't argue with me! You will leave immediately. 117 00:17:28,444 --> 00:17:31,989 The famous Sotnik was good enough to send his men... 118 00:17:32,281 --> 00:17:33,574 ...and a wagon. 119 00:17:33,908 --> 00:17:36,160 You'll have to get someone else to go, because I'm not leaving! 120 00:17:36,452 --> 00:17:40,790 No one asked you if you wanted to go or not. 121 00:17:43,751 --> 00:17:47,129 Thank your good master for his gift of the honey and eggs. 122 00:17:47,755 --> 00:17:52,259 And tell him I shall send the books when they're ready. 123 00:17:55,012 --> 00:17:59,517 And as for you, I suggest you learn to control your tongue. 124 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,231 Otherwise, I'll have you lashed before the whole school, 125 00:18:05,564 --> 00:18:07,691 ...so you won't be able to sit for a week. 126 00:18:08,150 --> 00:18:10,444 Now do as I say! 127 00:18:12,863 --> 00:18:16,242 The Lord be with you, and with your good master. 128 00:18:20,162 --> 00:18:23,749 Yavtukh, see that our friends have vodka before they leave. 129 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,172 Well, don't just stand there. Be off with you! 130 00:18:32,508 --> 00:18:35,052 And if you know what's good for you, you'll mend your ways! 131 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,182 You'd better tie up the philosopher, 132 00:18:40,474 --> 00:18:42,393 ...so he won't be tempted to run off! 133 00:18:46,147 --> 00:18:49,191 - Good day, my brothers. - Good day, brother philosopher. 134 00:18:50,442 --> 00:18:53,696 I've been ordered to travel in your company. 135 00:18:57,116 --> 00:19:01,620 - A splendid carriage! - Yes, a spacious one! 136 00:19:03,497 --> 00:19:06,500 We could hire some musicians and dance with all this room! 137 00:19:28,647 --> 00:19:31,567 I wonder, if it were filled with a heavy load - 138 00:19:31,859 --> 00:19:36,322 ...say you loaded up the wagon with salt or metal poles - 139 00:19:36,864 --> 00:19:38,824 ...how many horses would it take? 140 00:19:42,536 --> 00:19:45,664 It would take a lot of horses if you had a lot of salt. 141 00:19:47,124 --> 00:19:50,336 Can you tell me what sort of illness the girl is cursed with, 142 00:19:50,628 --> 00:19:53,047 ...that such solemn prayers are required to deliver her soul? 143 00:20:58,195 --> 00:21:01,615 Sit down, brother philosopher. We're not there yet. 144 00:21:28,350 --> 00:21:32,146 - Stop! - An inn! Stop! 145 00:21:38,402 --> 00:21:40,904 Whoa, girl, whoa! We're there. 146 00:21:47,786 --> 00:21:49,913 Let's go in, brother philosopher. 147 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:53,751 Spirid, don't forget to water the horses. 148 00:21:57,421 --> 00:21:59,673 Welcome, my friends. Please come inside. 149 00:21:59,965 --> 00:22:04,094 - Do you have vodka? - Yes, step inside. 150 00:22:18,817 --> 00:22:22,488 My friends, I propose a toast to the health of the Rector. 151 00:22:25,531 --> 00:22:29,535 Here's to the health of the Rector. 152 00:22:30,788 --> 00:22:32,456 Drink, my good friends. 153 00:22:48,722 --> 00:22:53,227 Oh, the Cossack drinks on someone else's money... 154 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:04,905 Another round! 155 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,785 Another round! Another round! Serve another round! 156 00:23:18,210 --> 00:23:22,714 I'd like to know one thing. Just what are you seminarians taught? 157 00:23:23,632 --> 00:23:28,137 What the deacon says when he's in church? Or other things? 158 00:23:35,811 --> 00:23:37,187 What a great scholar. 159 00:23:37,479 --> 00:23:41,275 I want to be a seminarian, too. 160 00:23:42,025 --> 00:23:46,530 Do you think I'm not clever enough? I can learn anything! 161 00:23:47,114 --> 00:23:49,491 Oh, good Lord! Have mercy on us! 162 00:23:54,037 --> 00:23:58,292 The Cossack drinks on someone else's... 163 00:24:04,798 --> 00:24:09,303 - I just want to know one thing. - Leave me alone, pest! 164 00:24:11,305 --> 00:24:15,809 Don't ask him. Only God knows everything. 165 00:24:17,394 --> 00:24:21,899 I just want to know what's written in those books. 166 00:24:22,941 --> 00:24:24,693 There could be other things in them. 167 00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:28,071 How can you talk that way? 168 00:24:31,074 --> 00:24:35,579 - Let me go. - Why not let him go? 169 00:24:38,081 --> 00:24:39,082 Philosopher. 170 00:24:43,712 --> 00:24:48,175 Don't be afraid. Come here. The master will never know. 171 00:24:52,346 --> 00:24:56,266 - Don't just stand there. - Let me go home, my brothers! 172 00:24:57,017 --> 00:24:58,435 Let me go home! 173 00:25:36,306 --> 00:25:38,350 The young woman is dead. 174 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:41,186 The girl is dead. 175 00:25:49,528 --> 00:25:52,614 Be quiet! The young woman is dead! 176 00:25:53,365 --> 00:25:55,742 - The girl is dead? - Dead? Already? 177 00:26:06,169 --> 00:26:09,047 Quiet, Serko! The young woman is dead! 178 00:26:14,177 --> 00:26:17,389 Why don't we let Khoma go now? 179 00:26:21,476 --> 00:26:27,357 - Of course we'll let him go. - He can do as he wants. 180 00:26:29,776 --> 00:26:31,486 Leave him alone. 181 00:26:41,371 --> 00:26:42,956 The young woman is dead. 182 00:27:15,238 --> 00:27:17,741 Come on, you silly pig! 183 00:27:46,436 --> 00:27:49,815 Brother philosopher, you're wrong to try to leave. 184 00:27:50,315 --> 00:27:53,694 It's not the sort of place you can escape from. 185 00:27:54,736 --> 00:27:58,865 You'd better go to the master. He's waiting for you. 186 00:27:59,908 --> 00:28:00,826 Why not? 187 00:28:02,661 --> 00:28:03,912 I'd love to meet him. 188 00:28:12,754 --> 00:28:15,757 It's not so much the pain of losing you, my dearest daughter, 189 00:28:16,049 --> 00:28:18,635 ...in the flower of your youth, that makes your loss more... 190 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,347 ...than a father can bear, 191 00:28:23,682 --> 00:28:25,517 ...as the torment I suffer, 192 00:28:26,143 --> 00:28:30,647 ...at not knowing what monster was the cause of your death. 193 00:28:43,285 --> 00:28:46,913 Who are you? What's your quality, and where are you from? 194 00:28:47,581 --> 00:28:50,500 From the seminary. My name is Khoma Brutus. 195 00:28:54,421 --> 00:28:55,589 And who was your father? 196 00:28:58,008 --> 00:28:59,259 I don't know. 197 00:29:00,093 --> 00:29:01,178 Your mother, then? 198 00:29:02,596 --> 00:29:04,181 I never knew her, either. 199 00:29:05,307 --> 00:29:07,601 Of course, I must have had one, like anyone else, 200 00:29:08,185 --> 00:29:12,689 ...but who she was, or what she was like, I never knew. 201 00:29:14,191 --> 00:29:16,818 How did you make the acquaintance of my daughter? 202 00:29:27,496 --> 00:29:30,290 I never met your daughter, sir. 203 00:29:30,749 --> 00:29:35,253 I know nothing of girls. I swear I've never known one. 204 00:29:36,713 --> 00:29:40,091 Why did she call for you by name then? 205 00:29:42,385 --> 00:29:44,638 Only God knows why. 206 00:29:46,348 --> 00:29:49,351 The rich people fancy things that don't make sense, 207 00:29:49,643 --> 00:29:51,393 ...even to a scholar. 208 00:29:51,770 --> 00:29:52,979 As the saying goes, 209 00:29:53,271 --> 00:29:55,023 "When masters fall out, their men get the clout." 210 00:29:55,315 --> 00:29:57,192 You're not lying, are you, philosopher? 211 00:29:57,901 --> 00:30:01,446 May God strike me dead if I'm lying. 212 00:30:14,209 --> 00:30:16,711 If she had lived a minute longer, 213 00:30:17,003 --> 00:30:18,755 ...I would have known everything. 214 00:30:22,467 --> 00:30:24,678 "Let no one say prayers for me, father," 215 00:30:25,053 --> 00:30:28,306 "but send men at once to Kyiv Seminary." 216 00:30:29,766 --> 00:30:32,352 "Tell them to bring seminarian Khoma Brutus here." 217 00:30:33,270 --> 00:30:36,356 "Let him pray for three nights for the salvation of my soul." 218 00:30:37,732 --> 00:30:39,067 "He knows." 219 00:30:39,984 --> 00:30:44,488 And what does he know, that I hadn't time to hear? 220 00:30:52,914 --> 00:30:57,419 Have you been known for your chaste life? 221 00:30:59,588 --> 00:31:01,547 Could she have heard about you from someone? 222 00:31:02,340 --> 00:31:03,258 Me? 223 00:31:04,676 --> 00:31:08,847 Chaste life? For heaven's sake, sir! 224 00:31:09,639 --> 00:31:14,144 I visited a baker's wife on Maundy Thursday. 225 00:31:21,067 --> 00:31:23,778 Nevertheless, she named you. That's all that counts. 226 00:31:25,155 --> 00:31:28,199 As of tonight, you will begin reciting prayers for her soul. 227 00:31:29,534 --> 00:31:32,037 Yes, but certainly you want to do the best thing... 228 00:31:33,288 --> 00:31:37,792 Of course, anyone versed in the Scriptures could do it... 229 00:31:38,919 --> 00:31:43,423 But the best thing would be to have a deacon, or a sub-deacon. 230 00:31:45,926 --> 00:31:49,721 They're well trained and will do what's necessary. 231 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:54,643 My voice isn't suitable and I don't have a good appearance. 232 00:31:54,726 --> 00:31:59,272 I'll do as my dear child wanted it done. 233 00:31:59,814 --> 00:32:01,691 I don't care what it may cost. 234 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,319 You will start your vigil tonight, 235 00:32:04,611 --> 00:32:08,615 ...and recite the prayers for three nights. 236 00:32:09,658 --> 00:32:12,661 I shall reward you handsomely for it. Otherwise... 237 00:32:15,705 --> 00:32:18,833 How could our dear mistress abandon us? 238 00:32:22,128 --> 00:32:26,549 Oh, dear child, tell us what made you leave us? 239 00:32:30,428 --> 00:32:34,140 Come back! Come back, beloved! 240 00:34:41,768 --> 00:34:45,563 May God, the Father, have mercy on her soul. 241 00:34:46,106 --> 00:34:49,526 May God, the Son, have mercy on her soul. 242 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,364 May God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on her soul. 243 00:36:22,660 --> 00:36:24,078 Give the philosopher his dinner, 244 00:36:24,370 --> 00:36:26,164 ...then bring him back to the church. 245 00:36:31,669 --> 00:36:35,465 Tell them how the witch cast a spell on the huntsman. 246 00:36:36,883 --> 00:36:40,261 Shame, brother philosopher, that you didn't know Mikitka. 247 00:36:40,553 --> 00:36:45,057 Even his dogs adored him. 248 00:36:47,936 --> 00:36:50,021 He was a fine huntsman. 249 00:36:50,730 --> 00:36:55,235 Only recently did he have the misfortune... 250 00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:58,196 ...of falling for the young mistress. 251 00:36:58,529 --> 00:37:00,322 Either he fell in love with her, 252 00:37:00,615 --> 00:37:03,076 ...or she bewitched him... 253 00:37:03,368 --> 00:37:06,162 Nobody knows for sure, but the man was lost. 254 00:37:07,330 --> 00:37:11,834 One day the girl appeared in the stable and said, 255 00:37:12,710 --> 00:37:16,422 "Mikitka, let me put my foot on you to help me onto the horse." 256 00:37:16,714 --> 00:37:19,759 The poor man was so overjoyed he said, 257 00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:24,138 "I'd rather you climb onto my back." 258 00:37:25,139 --> 00:37:29,644 And the fool took her onto his back and went galloping away! 259 00:37:31,271 --> 00:37:34,524 It's time we take the philosopher... 260 00:37:34,816 --> 00:37:36,150 ...to where the corpse is lying. 261 00:38:22,697 --> 00:38:26,117 We'll leave you now. 262 00:38:27,952 --> 00:38:30,747 Just pray in earnest. 263 00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:32,498 Best of luck to you. 264 00:38:33,166 --> 00:38:37,420 Forgive us, but we must lock you up. By order of the master. 265 00:38:38,171 --> 00:38:40,214 That's all right. It's no more than three nights of work. 266 00:38:41,090 --> 00:38:44,385 And then the master will fill both of my pockets with gold. 267 00:39:25,885 --> 00:39:27,344 There's nothing to fear. 268 00:39:28,012 --> 00:39:29,722 She won't rise up from her coffin. 269 00:39:30,348 --> 00:39:32,433 Even corpses fear the word of God. 270 00:39:33,017 --> 00:39:36,938 Am I right? Absolutely. You better stay there. 271 00:39:39,774 --> 00:39:42,693 Don't you know that a Cossack doesn't fear anything? 272 00:39:46,739 --> 00:39:48,574 There's no way for anyone to come in. 273 00:39:48,991 --> 00:39:52,787 And from corpses, I have prayers to protect me. 274 00:39:53,871 --> 00:39:58,292 As soon as I speak the holy words, no demon can harm me. 275 00:39:59,419 --> 00:40:02,463 They'll never touch me! 276 00:40:15,101 --> 00:40:19,605 What am I scared of? I just had too much to drink. 277 00:40:23,860 --> 00:40:28,364 Ah, candles... That's good. 278 00:40:30,408 --> 00:40:34,912 Lots of candles... to chase away... 279 00:40:36,789 --> 00:40:40,751 ...the gloom from the church... and light it up. 280 00:41:11,449 --> 00:41:13,784 It's nothing, only three nights. 281 00:41:17,914 --> 00:41:22,418 The church should be full of light. Cheerful and bright. 282 00:41:25,505 --> 00:41:26,506 There's nothing to fear. 283 00:41:30,801 --> 00:41:32,720 She won't touch me now, will she! 284 00:41:50,321 --> 00:41:54,825 Ow! Oh, Satan! May God forgive me, poor sinner. 285 00:41:57,286 --> 00:41:58,663 Lots of light now. 286 00:42:02,542 --> 00:42:03,584 Well, let's begin. 287 00:42:04,252 --> 00:42:07,713 Blessed are... O Lord... 288 00:42:09,882 --> 00:42:13,469 Blessed are they that fear the Almighty. 289 00:42:14,011 --> 00:42:18,224 And they that live according to Thy Word. 290 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:23,271 I wish it were not prohibited to smoke in the House of God. 291 00:42:24,855 --> 00:42:26,148 They that honor Thy commandments, 292 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,649 ...and walk in the path of righteousness. 293 00:42:27,942 --> 00:42:29,944 They that praise Thee in the hope of eternal... 294 00:42:30,820 --> 00:42:32,071 What's wrong with some snuff? 295 00:42:36,826 --> 00:42:41,330 A good sniff... to clear the brain. 296 00:43:06,230 --> 00:43:09,774 Merciful Father! Thou art my strength... 297 00:43:20,244 --> 00:43:22,705 She's a witch! A witch come to haunt me! 298 00:43:26,876 --> 00:43:30,379 Sacred circle, save me! Sacred circle, protect me! 299 00:43:30,671 --> 00:43:31,547 Oh, my God... 300 00:43:32,673 --> 00:43:33,591 Oh, my God... 301 00:43:34,342 --> 00:43:38,512 Sacred circle, save me! Sacred circle, protect me! 302 00:43:43,684 --> 00:43:45,645 Away, Satan! Away! 303 00:43:47,355 --> 00:43:50,900 Blessed are they that fear the Almighty... 304 00:43:54,904 --> 00:43:57,198 Away! Away with you! 305 00:44:04,622 --> 00:44:08,209 God in Heaven, I call on Thee for help... 306 00:45:11,731 --> 00:45:12,648 Stay away! 307 00:46:28,808 --> 00:46:31,393 - There's the philosopher! - He's finished. 308 00:46:40,820 --> 00:46:42,738 This is a lovely place to live! 309 00:46:43,948 --> 00:46:46,367 You could fish all day in that river! 310 00:46:55,793 --> 00:46:57,711 Old man... Old man! 311 00:46:58,879 --> 00:47:01,757 I'm not going inside. I'll sleep right here. 312 00:47:02,633 --> 00:47:05,427 It's not allowed, philosopher. I have my orders. 313 00:47:15,688 --> 00:47:18,315 Have you got some borscht for us? 314 00:47:18,649 --> 00:47:20,359 We have, you old devil. 315 00:47:20,651 --> 00:47:24,947 - How does it taste? - Ask the philosopher. 316 00:47:48,220 --> 00:47:51,015 - Well? - What went on? 317 00:48:04,361 --> 00:48:09,116 Nothing much. Just some noises. 318 00:49:43,752 --> 00:49:48,257 A Cossack doesn't fear anything in this world. 319 00:49:56,682 --> 00:49:57,975 Let's go, Yavtukh. 320 00:50:50,319 --> 00:50:53,822 A Cossack is never afraid of anything. 321 00:51:00,162 --> 00:51:03,248 It's true, the first time, you really are afraid. 322 00:51:03,707 --> 00:51:06,126 But after a while, you're not so afraid. 323 00:51:06,668 --> 00:51:09,713 And after that, you're not afraid at all! 324 00:51:16,386 --> 00:51:20,891 Because there's nothing that can do me any harm. 325 00:51:32,194 --> 00:51:36,448 Lord God! Let not Thy divine Angel be turned against me. 326 00:51:36,949 --> 00:51:39,952 I ask Thee to spare me Thy terrible wrath. 327 00:51:41,078 --> 00:51:46,375 Have mercy upon Thy servant. I know my spirit's weak. 328 00:51:48,544 --> 00:51:55,551 God, save me from my weaknesses, preserve my heart from sin, 329 00:51:57,344 --> 00:51:59,470 ...my soul from evil... 330 00:52:00,096 --> 00:52:02,723 Strengthen my spirit and protect me... 331 00:52:03,016 --> 00:52:05,936 ...from the temptations of evil. 332 00:52:06,228 --> 00:52:07,146 Have mercy on - 333 00:52:08,772 --> 00:52:12,568 God Almighty, save me! Heavenly Father, save me! 334 00:52:15,237 --> 00:52:18,072 O Lord! Save me from the demon! 335 00:52:19,116 --> 00:52:23,453 O Lord! Save me from the demon! 336 00:52:23,871 --> 00:52:27,541 God, give me strength! 337 00:52:27,916 --> 00:52:34,756 Holy Father in Heaven! Save me from the evil one! 338 00:52:52,608 --> 00:52:53,942 Khoma! 339 00:52:58,739 --> 00:52:59,865 Khoma! 340 00:53:04,453 --> 00:53:05,662 Khoma! 341 00:53:11,043 --> 00:53:13,337 Khoma! 342 00:54:05,555 --> 00:54:11,770 By the shades of night, may he go blind, turn his hair white. 343 00:54:12,646 --> 00:54:16,817 Bewitch him. Cover him with snow. 344 00:54:52,602 --> 00:54:57,107 Hey, philosopher! On your feet! 345 00:55:43,612 --> 00:55:44,988 I want music! 346 00:55:48,533 --> 00:55:52,204 I want to have music right now! 347 00:56:37,165 --> 00:56:40,710 From the looks of it, he'll dance all day, that fellow. 348 00:56:41,420 --> 00:56:44,381 Yes, he can dance for a long time. 349 00:56:45,215 --> 00:56:47,259 Hey, philosopher, what's wrong? 350 00:56:47,550 --> 00:56:49,718 Don't you see? I'm dancing. 351 00:56:51,888 --> 00:56:55,183 Oh, your hair has turned white! 352 00:56:57,561 --> 00:57:01,063 As white as milk. Just like good old Yavtukh. 353 00:57:05,277 --> 00:57:09,781 I must talk to your master. I'll explain everything. 354 00:57:11,867 --> 00:57:13,827 I don't want to pray there again! 355 00:57:30,135 --> 00:57:37,350 What? It's all going well? Were you able to stay awake? 356 00:57:39,144 --> 00:57:41,104 Yes, I was able to stay awake. 357 00:57:42,105 --> 00:57:44,024 The devil lives in this house. 358 00:57:44,774 --> 00:57:46,902 I want to leave while I'm in one piece. 359 00:57:47,235 --> 00:57:48,236 What do you mean? 360 00:57:49,571 --> 00:57:51,239 It's your daughter, sir... 361 00:57:52,491 --> 00:57:56,995 She may have noble blood in her veins, no doubt about that, 362 00:57:58,121 --> 00:58:01,166 ...however, may God have mercy on her soul. 363 00:58:01,458 --> 00:58:04,127 What about my daughter? 364 00:58:04,628 --> 00:58:06,296 She's in league with the devil. 365 00:58:06,838 --> 00:58:09,508 She won't let me read the Scriptures in front of her. 366 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,261 You will read them because she summoned you. 367 00:58:14,679 --> 00:58:17,724 She did not wish to bear a spiritual burden to the grave. 368 00:58:18,016 --> 00:58:21,228 The only way to assure her salvation is to say the prayers. 369 00:58:22,938 --> 00:58:26,691 Release me, I beg you! Don't make me go through with it. 370 00:58:26,983 --> 00:58:30,737 You will read. It's just one more night. 371 00:58:31,780 --> 00:58:35,575 You'll do godly work and I will reward you. 372 00:58:38,161 --> 00:58:40,330 For all the gold in the world... 373 00:58:44,501 --> 00:58:48,338 I wouldn't read another prayer. 374 00:58:48,630 --> 00:58:49,714 That's enough! 375 00:58:53,927 --> 00:58:54,886 Philosopher... 376 00:58:58,390 --> 00:59:00,475 You're wrong if you think you can trifle with me. 377 00:59:01,893 --> 00:59:04,145 That sort of thing is fit for the seminary, 378 00:59:04,980 --> 00:59:06,605 ...but I won't tolerate it! 379 00:59:07,941 --> 00:59:11,820 I'll order the guards to lash you! 380 00:59:13,780 --> 00:59:15,490 There's nothing so excruciating... 381 00:59:15,782 --> 00:59:17,659 ...as the leather lash on raw flesh. 382 00:59:18,285 --> 00:59:19,286 I know that. 383 00:59:20,161 --> 00:59:24,666 More than half a dozen are unbearable. 384 00:59:25,416 --> 00:59:28,669 What you don't know is how good my men are at it. 385 00:59:30,130 --> 00:59:34,634 They lash you, then we give them some vodka, 386 00:59:36,761 --> 00:59:38,346 ...and they begin again. 387 00:59:42,601 --> 00:59:43,643 You may go. 388 00:59:47,105 --> 00:59:48,815 Go back to your duties. 389 00:59:51,109 --> 00:59:55,155 If you fail to do them, you'll have a thousand lashes. 390 00:59:56,364 --> 01:00:00,118 But if you do them, one thousand gold pieces. 391 01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:40,385 A thousand gold pieces. The old miser was surely lying. 392 01:01:41,678 --> 01:01:46,015 Never mind, good master. I'll run away from here so fast... 393 01:01:46,307 --> 01:01:48,601 ...that even your dogs will never catch up with me. 394 01:02:26,681 --> 01:02:29,476 You should know better than to make such a detour. 395 01:02:31,311 --> 01:02:33,730 You nearly ruined your fine robe. 396 01:02:38,193 --> 01:02:42,697 That would've been a shame. How much did you pay for one yard? 397 01:02:50,955 --> 01:02:53,458 Why don't you keep your mouth shut, dear old Yavtukh? 398 01:03:13,603 --> 01:03:15,647 Foolish dog. 399 01:04:04,028 --> 01:04:07,282 Not hungry? Then let's go to the church. 400 01:04:17,917 --> 01:04:23,256 Are you scared? That witch will give you the time of your life. 401 01:04:24,716 --> 01:04:27,969 Scared of a witch? Nothing scares a Cossack! 402 01:04:29,679 --> 01:04:31,222 I withstood it for two nights. 403 01:04:31,639 --> 01:04:33,391 With God's help, I'll make it three. 404 01:04:37,812 --> 01:04:41,441 She's haunting me because she's got the Devil inside her. 405 01:04:41,733 --> 01:04:44,319 I'd hate to think what sin she's guilty of. 406 01:04:52,285 --> 01:04:54,996 Brother philosopher, it's time to go. 407 01:04:55,455 --> 01:04:56,706 Let's go to the church, dear. 408 01:05:12,472 --> 01:05:16,976 - Think of the torment she's in. - He was fated to go through it. 409 01:05:29,948 --> 01:05:36,996 I'll read for the third night and get a thousand gold pieces. 410 01:05:38,706 --> 01:05:41,209 I'll have a ball then, won't I, Yavtukh? 411 01:05:42,210 --> 01:05:43,503 Go say your prayers. 412 01:05:47,256 --> 01:05:49,592 Go say your prayers, philosopher. 413 01:06:10,445 --> 01:06:14,950 I won't be afraid. I swear, I won't be afraid. 414 01:07:00,955 --> 01:07:06,044 Lord God! From the depths of hell, I cry out to Thee. 415 01:07:06,669 --> 01:07:08,838 I pray to Thee, have pity on me. 416 01:07:09,922 --> 01:07:11,924 Take heed of my cries. 417 01:07:12,258 --> 01:07:14,719 Drive out the terror that dwells in my heart. 418 01:07:16,137 --> 01:07:19,182 Let me not yield to the temptations of the evil one. 419 01:07:19,849 --> 01:07:21,976 Lord God, help me... 420 01:07:22,393 --> 01:07:26,522 Thou art my Fortress... 421 01:07:28,066 --> 01:07:32,570 My Redeemer, and my Savior... 422 01:07:47,877 --> 01:07:53,591 Lord God! From the depths of hell, I cry out to Thee. 423 01:08:01,474 --> 01:08:05,978 God Almighty! Smite her with lightning! 424 01:08:06,312 --> 01:08:09,982 Send down Thy wrath! Strike her down with Thy fury! 425 01:08:10,274 --> 01:08:15,988 A curse upon you! With the wings of a bat! 426 01:08:19,325 --> 01:08:20,701 With the blood of a serpent! 427 01:08:21,202 --> 01:08:24,747 I shall curse you! 428 01:08:25,498 --> 01:08:28,584 Curse you! 429 01:09:04,370 --> 01:09:08,040 I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves! 430 01:09:33,191 --> 01:09:37,528 I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves! 431 01:10:17,193 --> 01:10:18,069 I summon... 432 01:10:18,361 --> 01:10:19,362 VIY! 433 01:10:21,530 --> 01:10:24,116 Bring Viy here! 434 01:10:55,564 --> 01:10:57,483 Get him! 435 01:10:58,150 --> 01:10:59,527 Get him! 436 01:11:02,571 --> 01:11:07,368 Raise my eyelids. I cannot see! 437 01:11:08,619 --> 01:11:12,415 Don't look him in the eye, or you're lost. 438 01:11:28,639 --> 01:11:29,682 A cockerel! 439 01:11:31,684 --> 01:11:32,977 I see him! 440 01:11:33,561 --> 01:11:37,898 Get away from me, you fiends! 441 01:11:39,025 --> 01:11:40,901 Help! 442 01:13:07,655 --> 01:13:11,242 The Fates were unkind to Khoma. 443 01:13:12,660 --> 01:13:13,994 It was the will of God. 444 01:13:15,496 --> 01:13:17,540 Let's drink to him, may his soul rest in peace. 445 01:13:26,090 --> 01:13:28,300 Khoma was a fine young man. 446 01:13:33,764 --> 01:13:35,683 The kind of man I admire. 447 01:13:39,728 --> 01:13:41,439 But his life was wasted for nothing. 448 01:13:41,772 --> 01:13:43,190 I know where he went wrong. 449 01:13:44,191 --> 01:13:48,696 If he hadn't been afraid, the witch couldn't have harmed him. 450 01:13:49,447 --> 01:13:54,285 He should've spit on her tail, and made the sign of the cross. 451 01:13:56,203 --> 01:13:58,038 If anyone should know, it's me. 452 01:13:58,497 --> 01:14:00,499 In Kyiv, the women who run stalls... 453 01:14:00,624 --> 01:14:02,084 ...in the market are all witches. 454 01:14:03,377 --> 01:14:05,212 He wouldn't be dead if he hadn't been afraid. 455 01:14:07,505 --> 01:14:09,466 No one can prove he's dead. 456 01:14:11,427 --> 01:14:12,928 That's what everyone says. 457 01:14:13,846 --> 01:14:16,431 Maybe they imagined it. 458 01:14:17,016 --> 01:14:20,060 That stuff about how he died, because of the witch. 459 01:14:22,313 --> 01:14:24,899 After a flask of vodka, even I begin to see witches. 460 01:14:31,780 --> 01:14:34,158 Suppose he wasn't dead? 461 01:14:37,536 --> 01:14:41,499 Suppose that the one walking this way now... was him! 462 01:14:47,046 --> 01:14:48,464 Now that's a good one! 463 01:14:59,058 --> 01:15:01,560 - Are you working? - We're working. 464 01:15:04,355 --> 01:15:06,190 Keep on working, then. 465 01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:24,625 The End