For the Matches

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...

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

Kauko Helovirta

as Constable Torvelainen

Leo Lastumäki

as Mulon Partanen

Pekka Autiovuori

as Turtiainen

Olavi Ahonen

as Ville Huttunen

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