For the Matches

For the Matches

1980•1h 40m•6.3/10

ComedyAdventureHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(40)

In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...

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Production

Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi

Language

FI

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Evgeni Leonov

Evgeni Leonov

Antti Ihalainen

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

Jussi Vatanen

Rita Polster

Rita Polster

Anna-Liisa Ihalainen

Ritva Valkama

Ritva Valkama

Miina Sormunen

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

Tahvo Kenonen

Galina Polskikh

Galina Polskikh

Kaisa Karhutar

Kauko Helovirta

Kauko Helovirta

Constable Torvelainen

Leo Lastumäki

Leo Lastumäki

Mulon Partanen

Pekka Autiovuori

Pekka Autiovuori

Turtiainen

Olavi Ahonen

Olavi Ahonen

Ville Huttunen

Sergei Filippov

Sergei Filippov

Hyvärinen

Nina Grebeshkova

Nina Grebeshkova

Hyvärinen's Wife

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

Police Chief

Vera Ivleva

Vera Ivleva

Anna-Kaisa Hyvärinen

Martti Pennanen

Blacksmith

Seela Sella

Washerwoman

Tapio Schestihin

Car Owner

Ari Pohjalainen

Painter's Apprentice

Stefan Ekholm

Simo Lahtinen

Kotilainen's Son

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