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User Reviews. Shmenge! "Mockumentary" film about the Shmenge Brothers, Leutonian American Polks musicians who deciede to call it quits after a long career. Beginning in 1944 in Leutonia, a fictional Eastern European country, the film chronicles their rise to the top of the Polka music scene .
Sep 10, 2016 · The fifth of five Schmenge performances in "The Last Polka"
The Last Polka follows the life, careers, and final concert of Yosh (Candy) and Stan (Levy) Shmenge, two brothers from the fictional country of Leutonia who become the biggest polka duo the world has ever seen, presented as a mixture of live concert performances and filmed scenes.
Released April 15th, 1985, 'The Last Polka' stars John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara The PG movie has a runtime of about 54 min, and received a user score of 50 (out of...
Brief Synopsis. A comedy special, in a documentary format, that highlights the careers of Josh and John Shmenge, a famous Leutonia polka team. The special, which traces the difficult rise to fame of Josh and Stan, the children of a poor family of cabbage pickers in Leutonia (located on the dark side of the Balkans.
facebook. twitter. Synopsis by Hal Erickson. This HBO comedy special is a send-up of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. Scorsese's film, it will be recalled, recorded the final concert of the rock group The Band. Polka deals with the rise and fall of that fabulous Lutonian twosome, the Schmenge Brothers.
Originally aired on HBO, this production gently satirizing Scorsese's The Last Waltz chronicles the modest beginnings, meteoric rise and dramatic conclusion of the chart-topping Shmenge brothers from the (fictional) nation of Leutonia, who will win you over with their exceptional love for polka melodies.
