Borrowing Matchsticks (Russian: За спичками, romanized: Za spichkami, Finnish: Tulitikkuja lainaamassa) is a Soviet–Finnish historical adventure comedy film produced by Mosfilm and Suomi-Filmi in 1980.

Antti Ihalainen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster).

Meanwhile, tailor Tahvo Kennonen (Georgy Vitsin) from a nearby town in a drunken conversation with a customer tells that long ago he liked Anna-Lisa, but Antti Ihalainen got ahead of him.

Ihalainen between said Jussi successful courtship, and the friends decide to go into the city – to buy gifts for the bride's family, including grain spirit (vodka) for the old man Hyvärinen.

And inspired by this news Tahvo Kennonen in a hurry to make a marriage proposal, "the rest of the widow" Anna-Lisa.