
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