Rocky VI (1986 film)

This article is about the parody film. For the sixth entry in the Rocky franchise, see Rocky Balboa (film).

Rocky VI
Directed byAki Kaurismäki
Screenplay byAki Kaurismäki
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed byNordic Film Group [fi][1]
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
8 minutes[1]
CountryFinland
LanguageEnglish

Rocky VI is a 1986 black-and-white short musical parody of Rocky IV by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki. The film stars Antti Juhani "Silu" Seppälä (Leningrad Cowboys) as Rocky and Sakari Kuosmanen as Igor, his Soviet opponent, and functions as a music video for the song of the same name by the Leningrad Cowboys. In the film, the two boxers fight at Töölö Sports Hall in Helsinki. The much bigger Igor quickly knocks out Rocky and wins the match.[2]

Rocky VI is still shown at many film festivals. In 2004, the film was screened at Finále Plzeň in the Czech Republic and at Xèntric at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona in Spain.[3] In 2007, the film was screened at the Tampere Film Festival as part of a Kaurismäki retrospective.[4]

In the title, the letter VI does not actually represent number six, but an inverted IV, of Rocky IV, the specific film parodied.

  1. ^ a b c "Rocky VI". Elonet. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Rocky VI". Orimattilan kaupunginkirjasto (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Finnish films at festivals - Documentaries and short films". Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Tampereen elokuvajuhlat 2007". Film-O-Holic.com (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2008.