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For the Matches is a film of genre Comedy directed by Leonid Gaïdaï released in USA on 2 february 1980 with Evgueni Leonov
For the Matches (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 february 1980
Length 1h34
Rating67%
Borrowing Matchsticks (Russian: За спичками, 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.
Synopsis
Antti Ihalaynen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster). Once, when the house ran out of matches and the Ihalaynens had nothing to make a fire for cooking coffee so loved by the Finns, Anna-Lisa sent her husband to a neighbor Hyuvyarinen (Sergei Filippov) for matches.Actors
Evgueni Leonov
(Antti Ihalainen)
Rita Polster
(Anna-Liisa Ihalainen)
Vyacheslav Nevinny
(Jussi Vatanen)
Georgy Vitsin
Ritva Valkama
(Miina Sormunen)
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