For the Matches

Name: For the Matches
Genre: adventure, comedy, history
Released: 1980
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Evgeni Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Rita Polster, Ritva Valkama, Georgiy Vitsin

For the Matches (1980) — adventure, comedy, history film. Directed by Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko. Starring Evgeni Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Rita Polster, Ritva Valkama. This page maps 5 characters and 6 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Interactive Features for For the Matches

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Story Analysis

A forgotten errand, a drunken journey, and a spreading rumor disrupt several rural relationships.

Adventure, Comedy, History · 6.3/10 · 100 min · 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...

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Leonid Gaidai
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Risto Orko
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Leonid Gaidai
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Vladlen Bakhnov
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Risto Orko

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Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q171305), public domain (CC0).