Akaton mies

Oct 14, 1983

2h 8m

★ 6.0

Overview

Farmer wants a wife. He places an ad in the personal section of the newspaper and also searches for potential wives on a computer at an agricultural exhibition. But is it worth looking for a woman so far away when a beautiful woman has arrived at the village bank—Liisa, who attended business school and the Sibelius Academy!

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Kinosto

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Cast

Liisa Haapalainen

Elisabeth Haavisto

Unto Puumalainen

Martti Järvinen

Lassi Ovaskainen

Ahti Jokinen

Jukka Ruska

Ahti Kuoppala

Olga Puumalainen

Pia Hattara

Ovaskaisen isäntä

Kauko Helovirta

Ovaskaisen emäntä

Raili Tiensuu

Hellä

Maija-Liisa Peuhu

Metsänostaja Liukkonen

Veijo Pasanen

Liisan isä

Aarne Laine

Priest

Keijo Komppa

Huuskonen, kyläkokouksen puheenjohtaja

Matti Tuominen

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