Rocky VI (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Screenplay by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
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| Distributed by | Nordic Film Group |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | English |
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.
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. In 2007, the film was screened at the Tampere Film Festival as part of a Kaurismäki retrospective.
In the title, the letter VI does not actually represent number six, but an inverted IV, of Rocky IV, the specific film parodied.