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Forbidden Empire
Forbidden Empire
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Forbidden Empire

Original Title: Вий

2014
2h 8m
Thriller
Adventure
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

2014

Runtime

2h 8m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

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Streaming

2
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5
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Storyline

"The truth is in you"

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 8m
Jan 30, 2014
Digital Release
May 22, 2015
Languages
Russian
English
Director
Oleg Stepchenko
Production
Russian Film Group
Russian Film Group
Marinsgroup
Marinsgroup
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Germany
Russia
Ukraine
Czech Republic

Top Cast

27 Cast Members

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Jonathan Green

Aleksey Chadov

Aleksey Chadov

Petrus

Agniya Ditkovskite

Agniya Ditkovskite

Nastusya

Yuriy Tsurilo

Yuriy Tsurilo

Sotnik

Olga Zaytseva

Olga Zaytseva

Pannochka

Aleksandr Yakovlev

Aleksandr Yakovlev

Overko

Igor Jijikine

Igor Jijikine

Dorosh

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Yavtukh

Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ruslanova

Zhena Yavtukha

Viktor Bychkov

Viktor Bychkov

Kuznets

Ivan Mokhovikov

Ivan Mokhovikov

Bursak Khalyava

Anatoliy Gushchin

Anatoliy Gushchin

Bursak Gorobets

Alexey A. Petrukhin

Alexey A. Petrukhin

Khoma

Alexander Karpov

Alexander Karpov

Panas

Aleksey Ogurtsov

Aleksey Ogurtsov

Spirid

Emma Černá

Emma Černá

Babka Ganna

Ruslan Ustinov

Ostap

Natalya Ustinova

Zhena Ostapa

Oleg Taktarov

Oleg Taktarov

Gritsko

Andrey Smolyakov

Andrey Smolyakov

Otets Paisiy

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