Back to the USSR (1992)

Original title

Back to the USSR – takaisin Ryssiin

Directed by

Jari Halonen

Genre

comedy film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

K-16

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about Finland's last communist and his friendship with a vampire who looks like Lenin. The story follows their strange bond in a politically charged world.

absurdwhimsicalsatiricaloffbeatquirkydarkly comic

What happens

Back to the USSR (Finnish: Takaisin Ryssiin) is a 1992 Finnish comedy drama film directed by Jari Halonen and co-written with Jorma Tommila. It is an absurd comedy about Finland's last communist (played by Tommila) and his friendship with a vampire (played by Taisto Reimaluoto) who looks like Vladimir Lenin. The film is loosely based on the 1971 novel Vampyyri eli miten Wilhelm Kojac kuoli kovat kaulassa by Jarkko Laine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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