The Needle
6.9
“Tsoi, drugs and Soviet rock.”
Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition.
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Cast
8 people
Viktor Tsoi
Моro
Known for
Assa
Marina Smirnova
Dina
Also in
The Needle Remix
Виктор Цой. Легенда о последнем герое
Aleksandr Bashirov
Spartak
Known for
The Master and Margarita
Assa
Pyotr Mamonov
Artur
Known for
The Island
Tsar
Archimed Iskakov
Archimed
Also in
The Needle Remix
Resound, Tam-Tam!
Grigorij Jepshtejn
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Mustafa Shokai
Rustem Tashibaev
Also in
The Fall of Otrar
Gennadi Lyui
Гесс - неформал
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Revenge
Manchurian Variant
Rashid Nugmanov Director · Aleksandr Baranov Writer Bakhyt Kilibayev Writer
First release September 16, 1988 · Produced in Russia, Kazakhstan · Languages Kazakh, Russian
Production
Kazakhfilm
Production
Kazakhfilm Studios
Production
Russia · Kazakhstan
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Languages
Original title
Игла
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Kazakh · Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 16, 1988
Premiere · Zolotoj Dyuk Film Festival
Russia · February 13, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
August 15, 2019 · Theatrical
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