Viktor Tsoy

Born: 1962-06-21

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity sparked, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album. Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union. He retains a devoted following in many ex-Soviet countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music. (Wikipedia)


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The Needle

as Моro
Released: 1988-09-16

Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he...

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Assa

as Музыкант
Released: 1987-11-01

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls...

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Sex & Perestroika

as himself
Released: 1990-10-10

Three young Soviet women encounter a French filmmaker who is planning the first erotic film...

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Tsoi

as (archive footage)
Released: 2020-11-12

15 August 1990. Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet Union’s most famous rock star, leader of the band Kino,...

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The End of a Vacation

as uncredited
Released: 1986-06-01

Four music videos of Kino band joined together with a single plot

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Yahha

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-02

A kaleidoscopic living diary of the underground rock scene in Leningrad just before perestroika.

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The Needle Remix

as Moro (archive footage)
Released: 2010-09-16

Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to...

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Last Hero

as himself
Released: 1992-01-01

The portrait of the creator of the Kino group, consisting of the thoughts and memories of people...

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Rock

as himself
Released: 1988-01-19

Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in...

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Sunny Days

as Himself
Released: 1996-09-13

A documentary about the Soviet rock group Kino which mixes music video sequences, footage from...

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Dialogues

as himself
Released: 1986-11-01

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Rock Beyond

as self (archive)
Released: 2021-08-28

The film "Rock Beyond" is dedicated to Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov and Sergei Kuryokhin,...

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Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex

as Himself / Vocals
Released: 1990-05-05

The Soviet rock band Kino's concert at the Olympic Stadium (Olimpiyskiy) in Moscow on May 5th 1990.

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Просто хочешь ты знать

as uncredited
Released: 2006-12-14

Concert-film about the work of Russian musician Viktor Tsoy.

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Как уходили кумиры

as Himself / archive footage
First aired: 2005-08-15

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