Total Balalaika Show
documentary (musical), 1994
DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
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