For the Matches (1980)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 12, 1980Release Date
For the Matches (1980)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 12, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Evgeni Leonov
Antti Ihalainen
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Jussi Vatanen
Rita Polster
Anna-Liisa Ihalainen
Georgiy Vitsin
Tahvo Kenonen
Ritva Valkama
Miina Sormunen
Galina Polskikh
Kaisa Karhutar
Leonid Gaidai
Director
Valentina Brusnika
Director
Risto Orko
Director
Kauko Helovirta
Constable Torvelainen
Vladlen Bakhnov
Writer
Leo Lastumäki
Mulon Partanen
Maiju Lassila
Writer
Pekka Autiovuori
Turtiainen
Olavi Ahonen
Ville Huttunen
Tapio Vilpponen
Writer
Sergei Filippov
Hyvärinen
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Composer
Nina Grebeshkova
Hyvärinen's Wife
Mikhail Pugovkin
Police Chief
Vera Ivleva
Anna-Kaisa Hyvärinen
Martti Pennanen
Blacksmith
Seela Sella
Washerwoman
Tapio Schestihin
Car Owner
Ari Pohjalainen
Painter's Apprentice
Simo Lahtinen
Kotilainen's Son
Kauko Koivu
Blacksmith's Assistant / Location Manager
Leonid Kuravlyov
Peasant
Nikolay Tengaev
Peasant
Viktor Uralsky
Peasant
Eine Helke-Viljanen
Hyvärisen Host (voice)
Heikki Kinnunen
Narrator / Tahvo Kenonen (voice)
Severi Seppänen
Ukko Hyvärinen (voice)
Maija-Leena Soinne
Kaisa Karhutar (voice)
Aarno Sulkanen
Jussi Vatanen (voice)
Martti Tschokkinen
Ihalainen (voice)
Yrjö Tähtelä
Poliisipäällikkö (voice)
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Viktor Babushkin
Sound Effects Editor
Robert MacKichan
Art Direction
Yury Entin
Lyricist
Olavi Tuomi
Unit Production Manager / Assistant Director / Assistant Camera
Evgeniy Shvedov
Assistant Camera
German Krylov
Production Director
Sergei Poluyanov
Director of Photography
Klavdiya Aleyeva
Editor
Raisa Margachyova
Sound Designer
Roza Budantseva
Script Editor
Feliks Yasyukevich
Production Design
Teuvo Hietanen
Sound Assistant
Erkki Melakoski
Music Consultant
Pertti Salo
Sound
Tatyana Kovrigina
Makeup Designer
Sergei Skripka
Conductor
Aleksandr Klimenko
VFX Artist
Ulf Bergstrem
Visual Effects Camera
Elsa Pättiniemi
Costume Designer / Costumer
Zoya Dudorova
Costume Designer
Elena Bogatyryova
Makeup Designer
Aune Kämäräinen
Production Secretary
Kare Orko
Production Director
Marina Volovich
Assistant Director
Matti Lehtonen
Sound
Yuriy Epishin
Second Assistant 'A' Camera
Gunnar Friman
Second Assistant 'B' Camera
Anatoliy Golubev
Gaffer
V. Kovalskiy
Still Photographer
Helmi Kastikainen
Dresser
Eila Sipilä
Wardrobe Assistant
Antti Venäläinen
Assistant Location Manager
Stefan Ekholm
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 12, 1980
Original NameTulitikkuja lainaamassa
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Filming LocationsPorvoo, Finland
Genres
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Wiki.
Borrowing Matchsticks (Russian: За спичками, romanized: Za spichkami, Finnish: Tulitikkuja lainaamassa) is a Soviet–Finnish comedy film produced by Mosfilm and Suomifilm in 1980. Film based on the novel by Algot Untola.