Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)

Original title

Tulitikkuja lainaamassa

Directed by

Risto Orko, Leonid Gaidai

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union, Finland

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

S

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A smalltown man runs out of matchsticks and sets off on a simple errand that turns into a series of mishaps. The story follows his bumbling journey across the Finnish countryside in an earlier era.

lightheartedwhimsicalcharminglow-stakesplayfulnostalgicleisurelywarm

What happens

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 a novel by Algot Untola. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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