For the Matches
1980In 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...
Acted in
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
Stefan Ekholm
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)