The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi) 46 years old

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

Credits

Heikki Nousiainen as Tourist guide Toropainen, "Mr. Toro"

Antti Litja as Kaarlo Vatanen

Kosti Klemelä as U. Kärkkäinen

Kauko Helovirta as Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo as Taxi Driver

Leni Katajakoski as Woman at Pot

The Year of the Hare Cast

Name	Character
Heikki Nousiainen She was 32, now 78 years old	as Tourist guide Toropainen, "Mr. Toro"
Antti Litja He was 39, now 86 years old	as Kaarlo Vatanen
Kosti Klemelä He was 57, 86 years old when he died	as U. Kärkkäinen
Kauko Helovirta He was 53, 72 years old when he died	as Desk Sergeant
Markku Huhtamo He was 31, now 77 years old	as Taxi Driver
Leni Katajakoski She was 42, now 88 years old	as Woman at Pot

The Year of the Hare Crew

Name	Department
Risto Jarva as Director. He was 43 (43) years old when He died	Directing
Risto Jarva as Writer. He was 43 (43) years old when He died	Writing
Arto Paasilinna as Novel. He was 35 (now 82) years old	Writing

The Year of the Hare (46 years)

Release day: Friday, December 23, 1977
Runtime: 129 minutes