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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
289 audience votes
Key crew
- Georgi KropachyovScreenplay
- Aleksandr PtushkoScreenplay
- Konstantin ErshovScreenplay
- Karen KhachaturyanOriginal Music Composer
- Georgi KropachyovDirector
- Konstantin ErshovDirector
Cast
- Leonid KuravlyovKhoma Brut
- Natalya VarleyPannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
- Aleksey GlazyrinCenturion
- Nikolay KutuzovWitch
- Vadim ZakharchenkoFreebie
- Petro VesklyarovDorosh
- Vladimir SalnikovHorobets
- Dmytro KapkaOverko
- Stepan ShkuratYavtukh
- Georgiy SochevkoStepan
- Mykola YakovchenkoSpirid
- Nikolay Panasevcomforter
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Themes
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