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For the Matches(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-10-12
63%
35 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
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...
Languages: Finnish.
Countries:
Finland,
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: For the Matches
Top 10 Billed Cast
Евгений Леонов
Antti Ihalainen
Вячеслав Невинный
Jussi Vatanen
Rita Polster
Anna-Liisa Ihalainen
Ritva Valkama
Miina Sormunen
Георгий Вицин
Tahvo Kenonen
Галина Польских
Kaisa Karhutar
Kauko Helovirta
Constable Torvelainen
Leo Lastumäki
Mulon Partanen
Pekka Autiovuori
Turtiainen
Olavi Ahonen
Ville Huttunen
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Overview
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...
Release Date
1980-10-12
Average
6.3
Rating:
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