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For the Matches

For the Matches

19806.21h 40m

Overview

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...

Directed by Risto Orko
Written by Vladlen Bakhnov, Yury Entin, Leonid Gaidai
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About For the Matches

For the Matches is a comedy, adventure, history film released in 1980 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Risto Orko, it stars Evgeni Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Rita Polster. 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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