The Year of the Hare (1977)
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
Top Billed Cast: Helena Notkonen, Markku Huhtamo, Eija Nousiainen
Runtime: 129 minutes
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Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
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Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
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Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
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Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen
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Esa Pakarinen Jr.
Police Officer
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Martti Pennanen
Hunter
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Eija Pokkinen
Italian Tourist
Rita Polster
Mrs. Vatanen
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Elis Sella
Judge
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Jukka Sipilä
Salosensaari
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Arto Tuominen
Karlsson
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Matti Turunen
Savolainen
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Aapo Vilhunen
Police Officer
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Georges Copeloussis
Foreign Tourist
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Masaaki Hashimoto
Foreign Tourist
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Rostislav Holthoer
Guide
Leni Katajakoski
Woman at Pot
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Pekka Litja
Vatanen as a Child
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Marja Mykkänen
Foreign Tourist
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Helena Notkonen
Woman at Pot
Eija Nousiainen
Foreign Tourist
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Antti Peippo
Man at Police Station
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Lia Petersen
Pirkko
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Jorma Pulkkinen
Vaulonen
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Riku Rinkama
Prosecutor
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Eero Rinne
Tractor Driver
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Pertti Sarkio
Professor
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Markku Söderström
Laaksonen
