

100 minutes
1/18/1980
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...

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

Sergei Filippov
as Hyvärinen

Nina Grebeshkova
as Hyvärinen's Wife

Mikhail Pugovkin
as Police Chief

Vera Ivleva
as Anna-Kaisa Hyvärinen
Martti Pennanen
as Blacksmith
Seela Sella
as Washerwoman
Tapio Schestihin
as Car Owner
Ari Pohjalainen
as Painter's Apprentice
Stefan Ekholm
Simo Lahtinen
as Kotilainen's Son
Kauko Koivu
as Blacksmith's Assistant

Leonid Kuravlyov
as Peasant

Nikolay Tengaev
as Peasant

Viktor Uralsky
as Peasant
Eine Helke-Viljanen
as Hyvärisen Host (voice)

Heikki Kinnunen
as Narrator / Tahvo Kenonen (voice)
Severi Seppänen
as Ukko Hyvärinen (voice)
Maija-Leena Soinne
as Kaisa Karhutar (voice)

Aarno Sulkanen
as Jussi Vatanen (voice)
Martti Tschokkinen
as Ihalainen (voice)

Yrjö Tähtelä
as Poliisipäällikkö (voice)