25/08/2026
Konstantin Yershov & Georgi Kropachyov (1967)
In this work, the directors do not merely stage a narrative: they sculpt an abrasive reflection on the eternal dualism between faith and folkloric terror. A unique style that dances between rural realism and Soviet avant-garde surrealism, where a remote wooden church becomes a labyrinth of grotesque visions and existential dilemmas. The masters of cinema teach us that, through the adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s gothic tale, a young seminarist’s three nights of prayer over the body of a witch are not just a descent into chaos, but a ritualistic and transcendental journey through the contradictions of an ancestral, dark Hell.
