Comedy ·Adventure ·History · Finland · 1980 · 1h 40m

For the Matches

Tulitikkuja lainaamassa

For the Matches poster
Director
Risto OrkoLeonid Gaidai
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
Crew
Sergei Poluyanov — Director of Photography Klavdia Aleeva — Editor Aleksandr Zatsepin — Original Music Composer Leonid Gaidai — Screenplay Risto Orko — Screenplay Vladlen Bakhnov — Screenplay
Synopsis

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...

Mood & Themes
based on novel or book
Key Collaborators
Risto Orko Director Leonid Gaidai Director Sergei Poluyanov Director of Photography Klavdia Aleeva Editor Aleksandr Zatsepin Original Music Composer Leonid Gaidai Screenplay Risto Orko Screenplay Vladlen Bakhnov Screenplay Tapio Vilpponen Screenplay Maiju Lassila Novel Feliks Yasyukevich Production Design Tapio Vilpponen Production Design
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