The Soviet Union’s first horror film!

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

Cast & crew

Georgi Kropachyov

Director

Konstantin Ershov

Director

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 Kapka

Overko

Stepan Shkurat

Yavtukh

Georgiy Sochevko

Stepan

Mykola Yakovchenko

Spirid

N

Nikolay Panasev

comforter

Boryslav Brondukov

bursak (uncredited)

S

Sergey Vanyashkin

piper (uncredited)

B

Boris Veselov

two-nosed ghoul (uncredited)

Aleksandra Denisova

countrywoman (uncredited)

Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

countrywoman (uncredited)

M

Mykhailo Kramar

bursak (uncredited)

Viktor Kolpakov

countryman (uncredited)

Aleksandr Lebedev

bursak who milks a goat (uncredited)