The Year of the Hare

Directed by Risto Jarva
1977    2h 9m
Comedy, Drama
7.5
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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.
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Cast of The Year of the Hare
  • Antti LitjaKaarlo Vatanen
  • Kauko HelovirtaDesk Sergeant
  • Markku HuhtamoTaxi Driver
  • Paavo HukkinenTaxi Driver
  • Juha KandolinMiettinen
  • Kosti KlemeläU. Kärkkäinen
  • Anna-Maija KokkinenLeila Heikkinen
  • Martti KuningasHannikainen
  • Ahti KuoppalaKaartinen
  • Hannele LanuKiosk Vendor
  • Hannu LauriHuhtinen
  • Heikki NousiainenToropainen
  • Esa Pakarinen Jr.Police Officer
  • Martti PennanenHunter
  • Eija PokkinenItalian Tourist
  • Rita PolsterMrs. Vatanen
  • Elis SellaJudge
  • Jukka SipiläSalosensaari
  • Arto TuominenKarlsson
  • Matti TurunenSavolainen
  • Aapo VilhunenPolice Officer
  • Georges CopeloussisForeign Tourist
  • Masaaki HashimotoForeign Tourist
  • Rostislav HolthoerGuide
  • Leni KatajakoskiWoman at Pot
  • Pekka LitjaVatanen as a Child
  • Marja MykkänenForeign Tourist
  • Helena NotkonenWoman at Pot
  • Eija NousiainenForeign Tourist
  • Antti PeippoMan at Police Station
  • Lia PetersenPirkko
  • Jorma PulkkinenVaulonen
  • Riku RinkamaProsecutor
  • Eero RinneTractor Driver
  • Pertti SarkioProfessor
  • Markku SöderströmLaaksonen
  • Orvokki TaivalsaariForeign Tourist
  • Irma WafinVeterinarian

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