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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 34m
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
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The Cowboys are lured from Mexico to Coney Island by their former manager who disappeared at the end of Leningrad Cowboys Go America. He believes he is the reincarnation of Moses, sent to le... Read allThe Cowboys are lured from Mexico to Coney Island by their former manager who disappeared at the end of Leningrad Cowboys Go America. He believes he is the reincarnation of Moses, sent to lead them back to the promised land - Siberia.The Cowboys are lured from Mexico to Coney Island by their former manager who disappeared at the end of Leningrad Cowboys Go America. He believes he is the reincarnation of Moses, sent to lead them back to the promised land - Siberia.

  • Director
    • Aki Kaurismäki
  • Writers
    • Sakke Järvenpää
    • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Mato Valtonen
  • Stars
    • Twist-Twist Erkinharju
    • Ben Granfelt
    • Sakke Järvenpää
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Writers
      • Sakke Järvenpää
      • Aki Kaurismäki
      • Mato Valtonen
    • Stars
      • Twist-Twist Erkinharju
      • Ben Granfelt
      • Sakke Järvenpää
    • 7User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Matti Pellonpää, Silu Seppälä, and Pemo Ojala in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Matti Pellonpää in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Matti Pellonpää in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Matti Pellonpää and Silu Seppälä in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Matti Pellonpää, Silu Seppälä, Mato Valtonen, Kari Väänänen, Ben Granfelt, Pemo Ojala, and Jore Marjaranta in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Sakke Järvenpää, Jyri Närvänen, Silu Seppälä, Mauri Sumén, Mato Valtonen, Twist-Twist Erkinharju, Ben Granfelt, Ekke Niiva, Pemo Ojala, and Jore Marjaranta in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Sakke Järvenpää, Matti Pellonpää, Silu Seppälä, Mato Valtonen, Twist-Twist Erkinharju, and Jore Marjaranta in Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
    Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)

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    Twist-Twist Erkinharju
    Twist-Twist Erkinharju
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Ben Granfelt
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Sakke Järvenpää
    Sakke Järvenpää
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Jore Marjaranta
    Jore Marjaranta
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Ekke Niiva
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Jyri Närvänen
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    • (as Lyle Närvänen)
    Pemo Ojala
    Pemo Ojala
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Silu Seppälä
    Silu Seppälä
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Mauri Sumén
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Mato Valtonen
    Mato Valtonen
    • Leningrad Cowboy
    Matti Pellonpää
    Matti Pellonpää
    • Vladimir Kuzmin alias Moses
    Kari Väänänen
    Kari Väänänen
    • The Mute
    André Wilms
    André Wilms
    • Lazar…
    Nicky Tesco
    Nicky Tesco
    • American Cousin
    Jacques Blanc
    • Owner of Bingo Parlour
    Nicole Helies
    • Bingo Hostess
    Kirsi Tykkyläinen
    • Singer of Babylon
    Aki Kaurismäki
    Aki Kaurismäki
    • Factory Worker imitating Chaplin
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Writers
      • Sakke Järvenpää
      • Aki Kaurismäki
      • Mato Valtonen
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    • Trivia
      Director Aki Kaurismaki made a cameo appearance in the factory scene.
    • Quotes

      Vladimir: Business is business! But Moses... is Moses!

    • Connections
      Featured in Global Balalaika Show (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Rosita
      Written by M.Helminen

      Performed by Leningrad Cowboys

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    3/10
    A sequel that follows generally the same lines as its predecessor, but much more somber and much less funny
    LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES (1994) is a sequel to LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO America of four years previously, where Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki introduced one of his most absurd creations: an extravagantly quiffed "Russian" rock band from the wilds of Siberia, supposedly the worst band in the world, played by Finnish actors who speak only Finnish and then broken English to each other.

    That first film was a sort of road movie, where the Leningrad Cowboys played a series of ramshackle bars across the American South while headed towards Mexico to perform at a wedding. Unbeknownst to them, the village idiot Igor (Kari Väänänen), who aspires to be one of them, has arrived in the United States too in pursuit, and their manager Vladimir (played by the late, great Matti Pellonpää) exploited them all the way by taking their earnings for his own luxurious desires. LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES follows closely on the action of the first film, as Vladimir reappears after an unexplained absence, having become an extravagantly bearded religious fanatic and calling himself Moses. Their former manager wants to lead the band, who have become stranded in Mexico, back to their home in Siberia. This sequel has the same general format as its predecessor, though this time the road trip is from France back through Europe to the Russian border. Vladimir has stolen something important, and French actor André Wilms plays an American CIA agent pursuing him on the road back home (his thick French accent again clashing with his character's supposed origin).

    LENINGRAD COWBOYS MEET MOSES is among Kaurismäki's worst films, and one of those sequels that should have never been made. Already with the first film one was just as likely to sigh at the lameness of it all as chuckle at the gags. The sequel, however, is a much more somber film than its predecessor, which mean there are even less gags, and virtually every scene feels like milking a formula. While it might be worth a try if you are a committed fan of Kaurismäki's body of work, I would be very reluctant to recommend this (or even the vastly superior LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO America) to a general audience.
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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1994 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Finland
      • Germany
      • France
    • Official site
      • Leningrad Cowboys - True Internjet Story
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los Leningrad Cowboys encuentran a Moisés
    • Filming locations
      • Dresden, Saxony, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Sputnik
      • Pandora Filmproduktion
      • Pyramide Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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