Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show (1994)

  • 75% of users liked it
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The Leningrad Cowboys, the self-proclaimed World's Worst Rock 'n' Roll Band, perform with the Red Army Chorus before a crowd of 70,000 in Helsinki's Senate Square.

Unrated, 54 min.
Directed By
Aki Kaurismäki
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
In Theaters
Jul 2, 1994 Wide
On DVD
Apr 26, 2005
Christa Saredi World Sales

Critic Reviews

  • Bill Weber, Slant Magazine

    "Minor" Kaurismäki to the same degree that This Is Spinal Tap is major Rob Reiner, this deadpan musical saga is also a novelty headstone for the Soviet epoch.

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  • Anthony L


    Another gig I wish I'd been at. If it was happening tomorrow I would totally fly to Helsinki to see it but, alas, I'm 14 years too late. Luckily it was filmed and what fun it looks like it was. *Sighs*

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