The Year of the Hare

7.3
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 129 min
  • Premiere: 1977. December 23.

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

Discover

Antti Litja

Kaarlo Vatanen

Kauko Helovirta

Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo

Taxi Driver

Paavo Hukkinen

Taxi Driver

Juha Kandolin

Miettinen

Kosti Klemelä

U. Kärkkäinen

Anna-Maija Kokkinen

Leila Heikkinen

Martti Kuningas

Hannikainen

Ahti Kuoppala

Kaartinen

Hannele Lanu

Kiosk Vendor

Hannu Lauri

Huhtinen

Heikki Nousiainen

Toropainen

Esa Pakarinen Jr.

Police Officer

Eija Pokkinen

Italian Tourist

Rita Polster

Mrs. Vatanen

Jukka Sipilä

Salosensaari

Arto Tuominen

Karlsson

Matti Turunen

Savolainen

Aapo Vilhunen

Police Officer

Georges Copeloussis

Foreign Tourist

Masaaki Hashimoto

Foreign Tourist

Leni Katajakoski

Woman at Pot

Pekka Litja

Vatanen as a Child

Marja Mykkänen

Foreign Tourist

Helena Notkonen

Woman at Pot

Eija Nousiainen

Foreign Tourist

Antti Peippo

Man at Police Station

Riku Rinkama

Prosecutor

Eero Rinne

Tractor Driver

Pertti Sarkio

Professor

Orvokki Taivalsaari

Foreign Tourist

Irma Wafin

Veterinarian

Art

Matteus Marttila

Production Design

Camera

Antti Peippo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Marja Mykkänen

Costume Design

Inkeri Terävä

Makeup Artist

Directing

Risto Jarva

Director

Orvokki Taivalsaari

Script Supervisor

Editing

Risto Jarva

Editor

Production

Sound

Tuomo Kattilakoski

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matti Kuortti

Production Sound Mixer

Timo Linnasalo

Production Sound Mixer

Markku Kopisto

Original Music Composer

Writing

Arto Paasilinna

Screenplay

Risto Jarva

Screenplay