Total balalaika show
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Total balalaika show |
| Original title | Total balalaika show |
| Country of production | Finland |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 57 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Aki Kaurismäki |
| script | Aki Kaurismäki |
| production | Aki Kaurismäki |
| camera | Heikki Farm Esa Illi Seppo Louhi Rane Ronkainen |
| occupation | |
Total Balalaika Show is a documentary film by Aki Kaurismäki about a concert by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Ensemble of the Red Army on June 12, 1993 in Helsinki with around 70,000 visitors.
The film is divided into the following parts:
- The film begins with the signing of the contract on May 29, 1993 in Moscow .
- Volga Boatmen , with Finlandia, Let's Work Together and The Volga Boatmen's Song
- Happy together
- Delilah
- Knockin 'on Heaven's Door
- Oh, Field
- Kalinka
- Gimme All Your Lovin '
- Jewelry box
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Dark eyes
- Those Were The Days
The documentary was also released on DVD in 2002. The bonus material on the DVD also contains 5 video clips of the Leningrad Cowboys with the titles Rocky VI , Thru The Wire , LA Woman , Those Were The Days and These Boots
Web links
- Total Balalaika Show in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lilli Karina Holthöfer: Nostalgia and social criticism in Aki Kaurismäki's films . Diplomica Verlag, Berlin 2008, p. 62-64 ( Google Books ).