Viktor Tsoy
Date of birth: 1962-06-21
Place of birth: Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Виктор Цой, Віктор Цой, Viktor Tsoi, Цой Виктор Робертович
Biography
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)
Movie Credits
Rock Beyond
2021-08-28
The film "Rock Beyond" is dedicated to Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov and Sergei Kuryokhin, who b
The Needle
1989-02-13
Moro returns to Alma-Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he vis
Tsoi
2020-11-12
15 August 1990. Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet Union’s most famous rock star, leader of the band Kino, a sy
Assa
1987-11-01
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mo
Виктор Цой - Концерт в Донецке. Фестиваль МузЭко 1990
Просто хочешь ты знать
2006-12-14
Concert-film about the work of Russian musician Viktor Tsoy.
The Needle Remix
2010-09-16
Remix of the 1988 cult movie "The Needle": Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. W
Sex & Perestroika
1990-10-10
Three young Soviet women encounter a French filmmaker who is planning the first erotic film since th
The End of a Vacation
1986-06-01
Four music videos of Kino band joined together with a single plot
Yahha
1986-01-02
A kaleidoscopic living diary of the underground rock scene in Leningrad just before perestroika.
Last Hero
1992-01-01
The portrait of the creator of the Kino group, consisting of the thoughts and memories of people who
Rock
1988-01-19
Documentary — featuring both interviews and live footage — about underground rock music in Russia, d
Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
1990-05-05
The Soviet rock band Kino's concert at the Olympic Stadium (Olimpiyskiy) in Moscow on May 5th 1990.
Sunny Days
1996-09-13
A documentary about the Soviet rock group Kino which mixes music video sequences, footage from the b
Rock around the Kremlin
1985-08-01
French television documentary which tells the French audience about what rock music was in the Sovie
Dialogues
1986-11-01
The film is based on the concert of "Pop Mechanics" under the direction of Sergey Kuryokhin.