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1994 Finnish film

Total Balalaika Show
Polish theatrical poster
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki
Cinematography	Heikki Ortamo
Edited by	Timo Linnasalo
Music by	B. Alexandrov Tipe Johnson
Release dates	19 March 1994 (1994-03-19) (France, Rouen Nordic Film Festival) 2 July 1994 (1994-07-02) (Finland)
Running time	57 min
Countries	Finland Sweden
Languages	English, Finnish

Total Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Ensemble.

The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland. The event drew a crowd of approximately 70,000 people from two nations – Finland and Russia – that had been engaged in a state of "peaceful coexistence" during the Cold War.

The concert featured an eclectic mix of Western rock and Russian folk music, and folk dancers performing to rock songs.

Total Balalaika Show was a critical success, scoring a 77% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Songs

The "rockumentary" features 13 songs from the concert:

DVD release

The film is available on three DVD releases. The first, released by Sandrew Metronome in 2004, is for DVD Region 2. The second, released by Facets, is for all regions. The third is by The Criterion Collection in an Eclipse box set with the two original films.

Soundtrack Album

Main article: Total Balalaika Show - Helsinki Concert

External links

v t e Leningrad Cowboys
Discography
People	Aki Kaurismäki Mato Valtonen Sakari Kuosmanen Ben Granfelt Varre Vartiainen
Studio albums	1917–1987 (1987) We Cum from Brooklyn (1992) Happy Together (1994) Go Space (1996) Mongolian Barbeque (1997) Terzo Mondo (2000) Zombies Paradise (2006) Buena Vodka Social Club (2011) Merry Christmas (2013)
Soundtrack albums	Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Live albums	Live in Prowinzz (1992) Total Balalaika Show – Helsinki Concert (1993) Nokia Balalaika Show (1995) Global Balalaika Show (2003)
Compilation albums	Thank You Very Many – Greatest Hits & Rarities (1999) Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild (2000) Those Were the Days – The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys (2009) Those Were the Hits (2014)
EPs	007 Villain Club by Swatch (2008)
Films	"Rocky VI" (1986) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) Total Balalaika Show (1994) L.A. Without a Map (1998)
Related	Sleepy Sleepers Alexandrov Ensemble

v t e Films directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Feature films	Crime and Punishment (1983) Calamari Union (1985) Shadows in Paradise (1986) Hamlet Goes Business (1987) Ariel (1988) Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) The Match Factory Girl (1990) I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) La vie de bohème (1992) Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994) Drifting Clouds (1996) Juha (1999) The Man Without a Past (2002) Lights in the Dusk (2006) Le Havre (2011) The Other Side of Hope (2017) Fallen Leaves (2023)
Documentaries	The Saimaa Gesture (1981) Total Balalaika Show (1994)
Short films	"Rocky VI" (music video; 1986) "Dogs Have No Hell" (segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet; 2002) "Bico" (segment of Visions of Europe; 2004) "The Foundry" (segment of To Each His Own Cinema; 2007)

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