The late 1970s. At a lecture of the Knowledge Society in Kyiv, an elderly professor talks about the strange creatures described by Marco Polo, who also lived in the territory of Ancient Russia ...

Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. A small hamlet lost in the woods near the Synevyr mountain lake. In the morning, from the house, secretly from parents, children – brother and sister, Sashko and Ivanka are selected for fishing to the lake. Initially, children are busy catching fish and arguing about who will have the bigger catch. Suddenly in the woods there is a shout of Aw!.

Based on the novel by Nikolai Gogol Viy.

Beginning of XVIII century. Cartographer Jonathan green travels from Europe to the East. After passing through Transylvania and crossing the Carpathian mountains, green loses his way and meets two fellow travelers – the rhetorician Tiberius Gorobets and the theologian Freebie. Fellow travelers tell him about a small Cossack settlement where people live in seclusion, protecting themselves from any contact with the rest of the world. A year ago on the farm went to read prayers over the dead young lady and disappeared their friend Homa Brut. The scientist decides to unravel the mystery associated with the name of an extraordinary mythical creature – Viy. Ancient Slavic legends come to life...