Viy

Summary

Viy is a film^[1]. Viy ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Viy's instance of is recorded as film^[3].
• Viy's director is recorded as Oleg Stepchenko^[4].
• Viy's screenwriter is recorded as Oleg Stepchenko^[5].
• Viy's screenwriter is recorded as Aleksandr Karpov^[6].
• Viy's genre is recorded as fantasy film^[7].
• Viy's genre is recorded as dark fantasy^[8].
• Viy's genre is recorded as adventure film^[9].
• Viy's genre is recorded as mystery film^[10].
• Viy's genre is recorded as horror film^[11].
• Viy's based on is recorded as Viy^[12].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Jason Flemyng^[13].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Aleksey Chadov^[14].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Charles Dance^[15].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Agnija Ditkovskytė^[16].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Igor Jijikine^[17].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Nina Ruslanova^[18].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Andrey Smolyakov^[19].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Oleg Taktarov^[20].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Valeri Zolotukhin^[21].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Alexey Petrukhin^[22].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Yuriy Tsurilo^[23].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Olga Zaytseva^[24].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Emma Černá^[25].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Jan Pavel Filipenský^[26].
• Viy's cast member is recorded as Anna Churina^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Aleksandr Kulikov^[28], Alexey Petrukhin^[29], Gleb Fetisov^[30], and Alexandr Kulikov^[31]. Viy's director is recorded as Oleg Stepchenko^[4]. Screenwriters include Oleg Stepchenko^[5] and Aleksandr Karpov^[6]. Cast members include Jason Flemyng^[13], Aleksey Chadov^[14], Charles Dance^[15], Agnija Ditkovskytė^[16], Igor Jijikine^[17], and Nina Ruslanova^[18].

Publication

Viy's publication date is recorded as +2014-01-30T00:00:00Z^[32]. Original languages include Russian^[33] and English^[34]. Genres include fantasy film^[7], dark fantasy^[8], adventure film^[9], mystery film^[10], and horror film^[11].

Subject and Themes

Viy's main subject is recorded as supernatural^[35].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Viy's after a work by is recorded as Nikolai Gogol^[36].

Why It Matters

Viy ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month).^[2] Viy has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Viy is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]