Chroniken der Finsternis - Der Dämon Viy
(2018)
Regisseur:
Egor BaranovSchauspieler:
Alexander Petrov, Alexey Vertkov, Evgeniy Stychkin, Taisiya Vilkova, Artyom Tkachenko, Yuliya Frants, Yan Tsapnik, Yevgeni Syty, Sergey Badyuk, Marta TimofeevaIm Russland des Jahres 1829 arbeitet Nikolai Gogol (Alexander Petrov) als Justizschreiber. Noch ist ihm nicht der Durchbruch als Schriftsteller gelungen. Doch der talentierte junge Mann wird von Anfällen heimgesucht, in denen er grauenvolle Visionen von Morden hat. Dies erregt auch das Interesse des Detektivs Yakov Petrovich Guro (Oleg Menshikov). Gemeinsam erleben die beiden fantastische Abenteuer, die die Vorstellungskraft sprengen.
Fortsetzung des russischen Fantasy-Abenteuers „Gogol – Der Anfang“, das lose auf den Geschichten und der Biografie des Schriftstellers Nikolai Gogol basiert.
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.