Comedy / Road movie / Music
Finland / Sweden,
1989, 78 min
Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenComposer:
Mauri SuménCast:
Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakari Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen, Pimme Korhonen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Veli-Pekka Oinonen, Silu Seppälä, Mauri Sumén (more)VOD (1)
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The Leningrad Cowboys, a fictional Russian rock band, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band. (Artificial Eye)
Cast
![Matti Pellonpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269131_b215b1.jpg)
Matti Pellonpää
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
![Kari Väänänen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/380/158380088_21ba6e.jpg)
Kari Väänänen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
![Sakari Järvenpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743015_4764fa.jpg)
Sakari Järvenpää
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Calamari Union (1985)
Heikki Keskinen
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Pimme Korhonen
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Veli-Pekka Oinonen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/737/158737633_082dea.jpg)
Veli-Pekka Oinonen
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
![Silu Seppälä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/153/159153374_0334c2.jpg)
Silu Seppälä
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Mauri Sumén
Finland
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Paper Star (1989)
Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)
![Mato Valtonen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743007_5954f5.jpg)
Mato Valtonen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Pekka Virtanen
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
![Nicky Tesco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185862_9b0ab4.jpg)
Nicky Tesco
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
Olli Tuominen
Finland
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Crime and Punishment (1983)
Kari Laine
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Paper Star (1989)
Jatimatic Ohlström
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Richard Boes
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
Down by Law (1986)
![Jim Jarmusch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269639_b3cd9f.jpg)
Jim Jarmusch
USA
Best movies:
Sling Blade (1996)
In the Soup (1992)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
William W. Robertson
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
George M. Kunkle
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Phillip Linson
Best movies:
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)