Total Balalaika Show
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Director Aki Kaurismaki Initial DVD release May 24, 2002 (Japan) Writer Aki Kaurismaki Language English, Finnish | 7/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, Music Duration Country FinlandSweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 19 March 1994 (1994-03-19)(France, Rouen Nordic Film Festival)2 July 1994 (1994-07-02)(Finland) Music director Tipe Johnson, B. Alexandrov Cast Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble , Atte Blom , Mato Valtonen , Twist-Twist Erkinharju , Sakke Järvenpää , Ben Granfelt Similar movies Related Aki Kaurismaki movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert with Leningrad Cowboys and Alexandrov Ensemble.
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- Leningrad cowboys give me all your loving total balalaika show
- Total balalaika show 1994
- Songs
- DVD release
- References
The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland. The event drew a crowd of approximately 70,000 people from two nations - Finland and Russia - that had been engaged in a state of "peaceful coexistence" during the Cold War.
The concert featured an eclectic mix of Western rock and Russian folk music, and folk dancers performing to rock songs.
Total Balalaika Show was a critical success, scoring a 77% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Total balalaika show 1994
Songs
The "rockumentary" features 13 songs from the concert:
DVD release
The film is available on three DVD releases. The first, released by Sandrew Metronome in 2004, is for DVD Region 2. The second, released by Facets, is for All Regions. The third is by The Criterion Collection in an Eclipse box set with the two original films.
References
Total Balalaika Show WikipediaTotal Balalaika Show IMDb Total Balalaika Show themoviedb.org