Russia / Sep 22, 1980
1h 40min
Overall average
5.0/10
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Leo Lastumäki | Mulon Partanen |
| Pekka Autiovuori | Turtiainen |
| Olavi Ahonen | Ville Huttunen |
| Sergei Filippov | Hyvärinen |
| 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 |
| Stefan Ekholm | |
| Simo Lahtinen | Kotilainen's Son |
| Kauko Koivu | Blacksmith's Assistant |
| Leonid Kuravlyov | Peasant |
| Nikolay Tengaev | Peasant |
| Viktor Uralsky | Peasant |
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| 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) |
Genres
ComedyAdventureHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tulitikkuja lainaamassa |
| Original language | suomi (FI) |
| Spoken languages | suomi |
| Production countries | Finland, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi |
| Release date | 18 gennaio 1980 |
| Writer | Risto Orko, Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai, Tapio Vilpponen, Maiju Lassila, Yury Entin, Roza Budantseva |
| Editing | Klavdia Aleeva |
| Cinematography | Sergei Poluyanov, V. Kovalskiy, Evgeniy Shvedov, Yuri Yepishin, Gunnar Friman, Olavi Tuomi |
| Assistant directors | Marina Volovich, Olavi Tuomi, Risto Orko, Valentina Brusnika, Leonid Gaidai |
| Lighting | Anatoliy Golubev |
| Camera operators | V. Kovalskiy, Sergei Poluyanov, Evgeniy Shvedov, Yuri Yepishin, Gunnar Friman, Olavi Tuomi |
| Additional photography | V. Kovalskiy, Sergei Poluyanov, Evgeniy Shvedov, Yuri Yepishin, Gunnar Friman, Olavi Tuomi |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Finland / Jan 18, 1980 / S
Russia / Oct 12, 1980
Germany / Jul 17, 1981
Hungary / Oct 08, 1981
Digital
Russia / Apr 15, 2023 / 12+ / Remastering 4K
Physical media
Russia / Jan 11, 2011 / 12+ / DVD
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