It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.
as Viktor Aaltonen
as Astrid Bergas
as Raul Bergas
as Bergas
as The poet
as The artist
as Doctor Linnamo
as Mrs Hietari
as escaped prisoner
as blind beggar
as Berga's butler
as social assistance officer
as the artist's model
as boy showing murder scene
as secretary at Berga's office
