Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Leningrad Cowboys Go America
German theatrical poster
Directed byAki Kaurismäki
Screenplay byAki Kaurismäki
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Edited byRaija Talvio
Music byMauri Sumén
Production
companies
Distributed byFinnkino
Release date
  • 24 March 1989 (1989-03-24)[1]
Running time
79 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Finland
  • Sweden
LanguageEnglish

Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a 1989 road movie by Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki about the adventures of the Leningrad Cowboys, an eccentric band that travels to the United States to become successful, and combines their brand of polka music with various American styles as they make their way to Mexico.

  1. ^ Nestingen 2013, pp. 154–155.
  2. ^ "Leningrad Cowboys Go America". British Board of Film Classification. 10 January 1990. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.