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The Year of the Hare

71 %|Dec 23, 1977|Comedy, Drama

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life

Featured Crew

Risto Jarva
Director
Arto Paasilinna
Novel
Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
Producer
Tuomo Kattilakoski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matteus Marttila
Production Design
Matti Kuortti
Production Sound Mixer
Timo Linnasalo
Production Sound Mixer
Orvokki Taivalsaari
Script Supervisor

Cast

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Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
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Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
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Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
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Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
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Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
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Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
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Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
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Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
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Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
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Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
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Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
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Esa Pakarinen Jr.
Police Officer
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Eija Pokkinen
Italian Tourist
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Rita Polster
Mrs. Vatanen
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Jukka Sipilä
Salosensaari
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Matti Turunen
Savolainen
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Aapo Vilhunen
Police Officer
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Georges Copeloussis
Foreign Tourist
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Masaaki Hashimoto
Foreign Tourist
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Leni Katajakoski
Woman at Pot
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Pekka Litja
Vatanen as a Child
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Marja Mykkänen
Foreign Tourist
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Helena Notkonen
Woman at Pot
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Eija Nousiainen
Foreign Tourist
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Antti Peippo
Man at Police Station
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Riku Rinkama
Prosecutor
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Eero Rinne
Tractor Driver
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Pertti Sarkio
Professor
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Orvokki Taivalsaari
Foreign Tourist
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Irma Wafin
Veterinarian