For the Matches

For the Matches

100 mins | Comedy | Jan. 18, 1980

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...

For the Matches

100 mins | Comedy | Jan. 18, 1980

For the Matches
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...
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
Original title Tulitikkuja lainaamassa
Directors Marina Volovich, Valentina Brusnika, Olavi Tuomi, Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko
Writers Maiju Lassila, Roza Budantseva, Leonid Gaidai, Tapio Vilpponen, Vladlen Bakhnov, Risto Orko, Yury Entin

Cast

Evgeni Leonov

as Antti Ihalainen

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

as Jussi Vatanen

Rita Polster

as Anna-Liisa Ihalainen

Ritva Valkama

as Miina Sormunen

Georgiy Vitsin

as Tahvo Kenonen

Galina Polskikh

as Kaisa Karhutar

Kauko Helovirta

as Constable Torvelainen

Leo Lastumäki

as Mulon Partanen

Pekka Autiovuori

as Turtiainen

Olavi Ahonen

as Ville Huttunen

Sergei Filippov

as Hyvärinen

Nina Grebeshkova

as Hyvärinen's Wife

Mikhail Pugovkin

as Police Chief

Vera Ivleva

as Anna-Kaisa Hyvärinen

Martti Pennanen

as Blacksmith

Seela Sella

as Washerwoman

Tapio Schestihin

as Car Owner

Ari Pohjalainen

as Painter's Apprentice

Simo Lahtinen

as Kotilainen's Son

Kauko Koivu

as Blacksmith's Assistant

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Peasant

Nikolay Tengaev

as Peasant

Viktor Uralsky

as Peasant

Eine Helke-Viljanen

as Hyvärisen Host (voice)

Heikki Kinnunen

as Narrator / Tahvo Kenonen (voice)

Severi Seppänen

as Ukko Hyvärinen (voice)

Maija-Leena Soinne

as Kaisa Karhutar (voice)

Aarno Sulkanen

as Jussi Vatanen (voice)

Martti Tschokkinen

as Ihalainen (voice)

Yrjö Tähtelä

as Poliisipäällikkö (voice)