Aki Kaurismäki Present: Leningrad Cowboys - Rocky VI

Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay: Aki Kaurismäki, Sakke Järvenpää, Mato Valtonen
Cinematography: Timo Salminen
Editor: Aki Kaurismäki, Raija Talvio
Makeup: Leena Kouhia
Sound: Jouko Lumme
Music recording: T.T. Oksala
Production manager: Pauli Pentti
Script supervisor: Marjaana Mykkänen
Music: Sleepy Sleepers, Nicky Tesco
Cast: Silu Seppälä, Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Mato Valtonen, Sakke Järvenpää, Anne Taskinen, Tiina Tiikeri, Jaakko Talaskivi, Heimo Holopainen, Neka Haapanen, Asmo Hurula, Jussi Kersch, Marjaana Mykkänen, Juuso Hirvikangas
Producers: Aki Kaurismäki, Atte Blom
Produced by: Villealfa Filmproductions Oy, Megamania Ky
Duration: 9 min.
Its irony inspired by Sylvester Stallone's Rocky saga and especially the fourth sequel, Rocky VI features a boxing match between Rocky (Silu Seppälä), an American, and Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen), a Soviet, in Helsinki. Their notable difference in size clearly has an effect on the result of the match, and Rocky is quickly knocked out while the Russians celebrate an overwhelming victory in the battle of the Great Powers. When the fighting ceases, the jalopy of the Russians drives into the horizon of Sörnäinen, Helsinki, and heads east.