For the Matches
63 %|Oct 12, 1980|Comedy, Adventure, History
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...
Featured Crew
Valentina Brusnika
Continuity
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Vladlen Bakhnov
Screenplay
Yury Entin
Lyricist
Leonid Gaidai
Screenplay
Maiju Lassila
Original Concept
Risto Orko
Screenplay
Tapio Vilpponen
Screenplay
Cast
Evgeni Leonov
Antti Ihalainen
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Jussi Vatanen
Rita Polster
Anna-Liisa Ihalainen
Ritva Valkama
Miina Sormunen
Georgiy Vitsin
Tahvo Kenonen
Galina Polskikh
Kaisa Karhutar
Kauko Helovirta
Constable Torvelainen
Leo Lastumäki
Mulon Partanen
Pekka Autiovuori
Turtiainen
Olavi Ahonen
Ville Huttunen
Sergei Filippov
Hyvärinen
Nina Grebeshkova
Hyvärinen's Wife
Mikhail Pugovkin
Police Chief
Vera Ivleva
Anna-Kaisa Hyvärinen
Martti Pennanen
Blacksmith
Seela Sella
Washerwoman
Tapio Schestihin
Car Owner
Ari Pohjalainen
Painter's Apprentice
Simo Lahtinen
Kotilainen's Son
Kauko Koivu
Blacksmith's Assistant
Leonid Kuravlyov
Peasant
Nikolay Tengaev
Peasant
Viktor Uralsky
Peasant
Eine Helke-Viljanen
Hyvärisen Host (voice)
Heikki Kinnunen
Narrator / Tahvo Kenonen (voice)
Severi Seppänen
Ukko Hyvärinen (voice)
Maija-Leena Soinne
Kaisa Karhutar (voice)
Aarno Sulkanen
Jussi Vatanen (voice)
Martti Tschokkinen
Ihalainen (voice)
Yrjö Tähtelä
Poliisipäällikkö (voice)