---
title: 'Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aki Kaurismäki'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/leningrad-cowboys-go-america-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097728/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

1989 · 78 min · Comedy, Adventure · Sweden, Finland


## Synopsis

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 USA to become successful and combines their brand of polka music with various American styles as they make their way to Mexico.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Sakke Järvenpää](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakke-jarvenpaa), [Mato Valtonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mato-valtonen), [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Director:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Producer:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki), [Katinka Faragó](https://cinepixo.com/people/katinka-farago)
- **Director of Photography:** [Timo Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-salminen)

## Cast

- [Jim Jarmusch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-jarmusch)
- [Mauri Sumén](https://cinepixo.com/people/mauri-sumen)
- [Sakke Järvenpää](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakke-jarvenpaa)
- [Silu Seppälä](https://cinepixo.com/people/silu-seppala)
- [Duke Robillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/duke-robillard)
- [Mato Valtonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mato-valtonen)
- [Kari Väänänen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kari-vaananen)
- [Leningrad Cowboys](https://cinepixo.com/people/leningrad-cowboys)
- [Matti Pellonpää](https://cinepixo.com/people/matti-pellonpaa)
- [Sakari Kuosmanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakari-kuosmanen)

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