Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
as Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
as Eetvi Manninen
as Ville Kuosmanen
as Foreman Luti
as Horseman Turpeinen
as epämukava Leinonen
as Kämppäukko
as Lääkäri
as Taimi Kuosmanen
as Asemamies
as Opettajatar
as Humu
as Kuljettaja
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Tekomies
as Kämppäemäntä
as Aputyttö
as Jakomies
as Puomintekijä
as Linja-auton kuljettaja
as Rahastaja
as Kuorma-auton kuljettaja
as Konduktööri
as Suojeluskuntalainen
as Mertsin tyttöystävä
as Eetvin vaimo
as Venäläinen tarkka-ampuja
