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Aki Kaurismäki (writer)
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2 July 1994 (Finland)
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A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet...
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13 song concert film extravaganza
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(Credited cast)| Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble | ... | Choir | |
| Atte Blom | ... | Himself | |
| Twist-Twist Erkinharju | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Ben Granfelt | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Sakke Järvenpää | ... | Lead singer | |
| Sakari Kuosmanen | ... | Himself / Performer | |
| Jore Marjaranta | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Ekke Niiva | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Pemo Ojala | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Silu Seppälä | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Mauri Sumén | ... | Leningrad Cowboys | |
| Kirsi Tykkyläinen | ... | Herself / Performer | |
| Mato Valtonen | ... | Leningrad Cowboys |
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Puna-armeijan kuoro ja Leningrad Cowboys (Finland) (TV title)
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54 min
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Follows Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
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Dark Eyes
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It's unlikely you'll ever see a concert film quite like the one shot on 12 June 1993 in Helsinki, Finland with the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Dancers. 13 songs: "Finlandia" by Sibelius; "Let's Work Together" - with the drummer on a stage designed like a tractor, guitars in the shape of tractors and some air guitar action; "Volga Boatmen"; "Happy Together"; "Delilah"; "Knocking on Heaven's Door" with 6 women dancers in folk costume; "Oh Field" (the incongruity of the solemness of the Red Army Choir coupled with the Leningrad Cowboys lying flat on their backs, hair sticking up vertically a foot or so, and waving the boots with the curly toes back and forth cracked me up); Cossack dancing in "Kalinka"; "Gimme All Your Loving"; numerous dance troupes accompanying "Jewelry Box"; "Sweet Home Alabama"; "Dark Eyes"; and closing with "Those Were The Days" with Kirsi Tykkylainen (who also sings this song in the 1992 short of the same name).
The set designs were quite amusing, different aspects being revealed by lighting chances throughout the performance. The concert was bookended by a scene at the beginning titled "Moscow, May 28, 1993" with one of the Leningrad Cowboys and some functionary signing a document and a bust of Lenin spotlighted at the ending.