Akaton mies

Farmer wants a wife. He places an ad in the personal section of the newspaper and also searches for potential wives on a computer at an agricultural exhibition. But is it worth looking for a woman so far away when a beautiful woman has arrived at the village bank—Liisa, who attended business school and the Sibelius Academy!

Cast

Elisabeth Haavisto

as Liisa Haapalainen

Martti Järvinen

as Unto Puumalainen

Ahti Jokinen

as Lassi Ovaskainen

Ahti Kuoppala

as Jukka Ruska

Pia Hattara

as Olga Puumalainen

Kauko Helovirta

as Ovaskaisen isäntä

Raili Tiensuu

as Ovaskaisen emäntä

Maija-Liisa Peuhu

as Hellä

Veijo Pasanen

as Metsänostaja Liukkonen

Aarne Laine

as Liisan isä

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