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The Needle (1988)

1h 21m

Running Time

September 16, 1988
Release Date

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The Needle (1988)

Name: The Needle
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1988-09-16

1h 21m

Running Time

September 16, 1988
Release Date

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Plot.

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 & Crew.

Viktor Tsoy

Моro / Original Music Composer

Marina Smirnova

Dina

Aleksandr Bashirov

Spartak

Pyotr Mamonov

Artur

Archimed Iskakov

Archimed

Grigorij Jepshtejn

Rustem Tashibaev

Gennadi Lyui

Гесс - неформал

Rashid Nugmanov

Director / Production Design

Bakhyt Kilibayev

Writer

Aleksandr Baranov

Writer

Murat Nugmanov

Director of Photography

Hadisha Urmurzina

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 16, 1988

Original Name
Игла

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 21m

Filming Locations
Kazakhstan

Genres
Drama Mystery Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

The Needle (Russian: Игла, romanized: Igla) is a 1988 Soviet thriller film. It stars rock musicians Viktor Tsoi (of Kino) and Pyotr Mamonov (of Zvuki Mu). The film premiered on 16 September 1988 in Almaty and in February 1989 in Moscow.

The Needle is known for being one of the first Kazakh new wave films, and was one of the most watched films in the Soviet Union in 1989.