Film · Drama, Comedy
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
- Director
- Risto Jarva
- Writers
- Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Risto Jarva
- Country
- Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Release date
- December 23, 1977
- Original title
- Jäniksen vuosi
The Year of the Hare was released on December 23, 1977.
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The Year of the Hare cast
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
