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The Year of the Hare
1977, Dec 23
2h 9m
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life
Directed by
Risto Jarva
Leni Katajakoski
Woman at Pot
Rita Polster
Mrs. Vatanen
Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen
Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
Esa Pakarinen Jr.
Police Officer
Martti Pennanen
Hunter
Eija Pokkinen
Italian Tourist
Elis Sella
Judge
Jukka Sipilä
Salosensaari
Arto Tuominen
Karlsson
Matti Turunen
Savolainen
Aapo Vilhunen
Police Officer
Georges Copeloussis
Foreign Tourist
Masaaki Hashimoto
Foreign Tourist
Rostislav Holthoer
Guide
Pekka Litja
Vatanen as a Child
Helena Notkonen
Woman at Pot
Eija Nousiainen
Foreign Tourist
Lia Petersen
Pirkko
Jorma Pulkkinen
Vaulonen
Riku Rinkama
Prosecutor
Eero Rinne
Tractor Driver
Pertti Sarkio
Professor
Markku Söderström
Laaksonen
Irma Wafin
Veterinarian
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