The Year of the Hare (1977)
2h 9m
Running Time
December 23, 1977Release Date
The Year of the Hare (1977)
2h 9m
Running Time
December 23, 1977Release Date
Plot.
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
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Cast & Crew.
Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
Kauko Helovirta
Poliisipäivystäjä
Markku Huhtamo
Taksinkuljettaja Mikkelissä
Paavo Hukkinen
Taksinkuljettaja Heinolassa
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
Risto Jarva
Director
Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
Writer
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Jussi Kylätasku
Writer
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
Arto Paasilinna
Writer
Markku Kopisto
Composer
Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
Antti Peippo
Cinematographer
Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen
Esa Pakarinen Jr.
Police Officer
Martti Pennanen
Hunter
Eija Pokkinen
Italian Tourist
Rita Polster
Mrs. Vatanen
Elis Sella
Judge
Jukka Sipilä
Salosensaari
Arto Tuominen
Karlsson
Matti Turunen
Savolainen
Aapo Vilhunen
Police Officer
Georges Copeloussis
Foreign Tourist
Masaaki Hashimoto
Foreign Tourist
Rostislav Holthoer
Guide
Leni Katajakoski
Woman at Pot
Pekka Litja
Vatanen as a Child
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 23, 1977
Original NameJäniksen vuosi
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
Wiki.
The Year of the Hare (Finnish: Jäniksen vuosi) is a 1977 Finnish drama film directed by Risto Jarva, starring Antti Litja as a man who leaves his office job in Helsinki to live in the wilderness with a hare. The film is based on the 1975 book The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna. The Year of the Hare was the last film of Risto Jarva; he died in a car accident on his way back from a private showing of the film, and the subsequent party.