Borrowing Matchsticks (Russian: За спичками, romanized: Za spichkami, Finnish: Tulitikkuja lainaamassa) is a Soviet–Finnish historical adventure comedy film produced by Mosfilm and Suomi-Filmi in 1980.
The film is based on the novel with the same title, Tulitikkuja lainaamassa, by Algot Untola. The novel was also put to film in 1938, Borrowing Matchsticks (1938 film).
Cast
Yevgeny Leonov (Antti Ihalainen)
Vyacheslav Nevinny (Jussi Vatanen)
Georgy Vitsin (Tahvo Kennonen)
Rita Polster (Anna-Lisa Ihalainen)
Ritva Valkama (Miina)
Sergey Filippov (Hyvärinen)
Nina Grebeshkova (Hyvärinen's wife)
Vera Ivleva (Anna-Kaisa)
Galina Polskikh (Kaisa Karhutar)
Mikhail Pugovkin (chief of Police)
Kauko Helovirta (lieutenant Torvelainen)
Leo Lastumäki (farmer Partanen)
Olavi Ahonen (Ville Huttunen)
Leonid Kuravlyov (peasant)
Viktor Uralsky (peasant)