Total Balalaika Show

documentary (musical), 1994

DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki

Total Balalaika Show

SCRIPT:
Aki Kaurismäki

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Heikki Ortamo

Synopsis:
This film shows the concert held for 70,000 people on Helsinki’s main square in June 1993. The performers included Leningrad Cowboys and the dance ensemble Red Army, that performed rock'n'roll classics and Russian folk songs such as Happy Together (The Turtles), Delilah (Tom Jones), Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan), Finlandia, Volga Boatmen.

color, 35 mm, 54 min