Viy (1996 film) explained

Viy
Director:Leonid Zarubin
Alla Grachyova
Producer:Vyacheslav Kilinsky
Music:Volodymyr Runchak
Leonid Hrabovsky
Alexander Scriabin
Cinematography:Anatoliy Havrylov
Editing:Lidiya Mokrousova
Studio:Ukranimafilm
Runtime: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.

Plot

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

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]

Literature

Notes and References

  1. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/director/sov/264734/works/ Фильмография Аллы Грачёвой
  2. Web site: ru. Вий на жительство. Станислав Ф. Ростоцкий об экранизациях "Вия". Коммерсантъ Weekend. kommersant.ru. 2018-04-06. 2023-03-03.
  3. Web site: uk. Вий (1996): Центр Довженко. National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Centre. dovzhenkocentre.org.