Cast: Leningrad Cowboys

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Leningrad Cowboys. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Leningrad Cowboys Go America

1989 · Movie · 79 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Matti Pellonpää · Leningrad Cowboys · Sakke Järvenpää · Heikki Keskinen

Synopsis The odd comedies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki may be an acquired taste, but it is one which more and more people are getting. The story concerns the exploits of an extremely inept but dedicated troupe of accordian musicians, "The...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Those Were the Days (S)

1992 · Movie · 5 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Leningrad Cowboys · Silu Seppälä · Mato Valtonen · Kirsi Tykkyläinen

Synopsis Paris, 1994, night: as the Leningrad Cowboys sing "Those were the days," a solitary man leading a donkey is turned away at a restaurant door. He and the beast walk down to La Maison du Vin where, despite a "no...

5.8

137 votes

5.8

137 votes

Thru the Wire (S)

1987 · Movie · 6 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Leningrad Cowboys · Nicky Tesco · Marja-Leena Helin · Mato Valtonen

Synopsis Nicky escapes from prison somewhere between Alabama and Utah, sometime in the future. He looks for his girl in the bars and hotels. All he can see in his new freedom is that no one cares for the future of...

5.8

169 votes

5.8

169 votes

Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

1994 · Movie · 94 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Matti Pellonpää · Leningrad Cowboys · Kari Väänänen · André Wilms

Synopsis This comedy is a sequel to Aki Kaurismaki's successful Leningrad Cowboys Go America. The Lenigrad Cowboys are billed as the "worst rock'n'roll band in the world." In the last film they went to the U.S. In this film they travel...

5.7

354 votes

5.7

354 votes

These Boots (S)

1993 · Movie · 5 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Leningrad Cowboys

Synopsis These Boots tells "the Finnish history from 1952 to 1969" and begins with the birth of the main character (Mato Valtonen). This combination of a short film and a music video goes through the most important events of the main...

5.4

161 votes

5.4

161 votes

Leningrad Cowboys: L.A. Woman (S)

1987 · Movie · 5 min. · Finland

Direction Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Leningrad Cowboys · Sakari Kuosmanen · Sakke Järvenpää · Mato Valtonen

Synopsis This energetic live recording and music video of Leningrad Cowboys performing The Doors hit is accompanied by politically charged photos of children ravaged by war and president Ronald Reagan smiling. The rough fast tempo performance is filled with raw rock...

4.7

119 votes

4.7

119 votes