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Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show

1994
Comedy, Documentary
57m
A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman". (imdb)

Total Balalaika Show

1994
Comedy, Documentary
57m
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Rated 21 Dec 2020
35
13th
That's entertainment I guess, and as this It's a total cheap kitsch - and that west poprock subculture being mostly unpleasant which make hard to enjoy primarily the show,... but it could be seen as some post cold war synthesis of their mass models - the brave soldiers and the pop stars and so to provoke some thoughts about the human condition
Rated 08 Apr 2016
78
75th
The Red Army Choir doing "Sweet Home Alabama" with the Leningrad Cowboys in Helsinki equals good times.
Rated 24 Mar 2008
86
87th
Entertaining, surreal, and hilarious. Imagine meeting Lynyrd Skynyrd 30 years ago and telling them that one day "Sweet Home Alabama" would be performed by 10 guys with giant pointy shoes and giant pointy pompadours, backed by the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble, in front of 70,000 screaming Finlandians. A fun, charming music & dance performance, and a touching display of unity between neighboring countries with a history of animosity.

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