The Year of the Hare (1977)

★ 7.3 2h 9m IMDb
Comedy Drama
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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

The Year of the Hare

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Antti Litja
Antti Litja as Kaarlo Vatanen Died 2022 · Antrea, Finland [now Kamennogorsk, Russia] Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor. He made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, si...
Kauko Helovirta
Kauko Helovirta as Desk Sergeant Died 1997 · Juupajoki, Finland
Markku Huhtamo
Markku Huhtamo as Taxi Driver Age 79 · Rovaniemi, Finland
Paavo Hukkinen
Paavo Hukkinen as Taxi Driver Died 1988 · Hanover, Germany Paavo Hukkinen (27 October 1911 in Hanover, Germany – 7 June 1988 in Helsinki) was a German-Finnish actor. Hukkinen entered film in 1937 starring in the film Tukkijoella and appeared in some 70 Finni...
Kosti Klemelä
Kosti Klemelä as U. Kärkkäinen Died 2006 · Metsämaa, Finland
Martti Kuningas
Martti Kuningas as Hannikainen Died 1980 · Viipuri, Finland
Director Risto Jarva
Cast Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen, Juha Kandolin, Kosti Klemelä, Anna-Maija Kokkinen, Martti Kuningas, Ahti Kuoppala, Hannele Lanu

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