In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
as Silja Salmelus
as Armas
as Rantoon professori
as Honkkeli-Väinö
as Oskari
as Kustaa
as Ville
as Siiverin isäntä
as Siiverin emäntä
as Kierikan isäntä
as Kierikan emäntä
as Sofia
as Valkoisten komppanianpäällikkö
as Teliniemi
as Pietiskä
as Manta
as Rinne
as Santala
as Mikko
as Laina
as Iivari Katerma
as Young Silja
