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Total Balalaika Show is a film of genre Documentary directed by Aki Kaurismäki with Mato Valtonen
Total Balalaika Show (1994)
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Add to a movie listTotal Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert with Leningrad Cowboys and 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.
Actors
Mato Valtonen
(Self)
Sakari Kuosmanen
(Self)
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