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... Details Casts Galleries Posters Title For the Matches Release Date 1980-10-12 Runtime 01 Hours 40 Minutes Genres Comedy Adventure History Production Companies Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi Production Countries Finland, Soviet Union Evgeni Leonov... Antti Ihalainen... Vyacheslav Nevinnyy... Jussi Vatanen... Rita Polster... Anna-Liisa Ihalainen... Ritva Valkama... Miina Sormunen... Georgiy Vitsin... Tahvo Kenonen... Galina Polskikh... Kaisa Karhutar... Kauko Helovirta... Constable Torvelainen... 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... Eine Helke-Viljanen... Hyvärisen Host (voice)... Heikki Kinnunen... Narrator / Tahvo Kenonen ... Severi Seppänen... Ukko Hyvärinen (voice)... Maija-Leena Soinne... Kaisa Karhutar (voice)... Aarno Sulkanen... Jussi Vatanen (voice)... Martti Tschokkinen... Ihalainen (voice)... Yrjö Tähtelä... Poliisipäällikkö (voic... Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (803x1200) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (518x777) Original Size (500x750)