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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Heidi KrohnSilja Salmelus
Jussi JurkkaArmas
Aku KorhonenRantoon professori
Pentti SiimesHonkkeli-Väinö
Tommi RinneOskari
Kaarlo HalttunenKustaa
Oke TuuriVille
Kullervo KalskeSiiverin isäntä
Rauha RentolaSiiverin emäntä
Pentti IrjalaKierikan isäntä
Aino LohikoskiSofiaExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Juha Nevalainen
- Producer
- Veikko Itkonen
- Original Music Composer
- George de Godzinsky
- Director
- Jack Witikka
- Director of Photography
- Kalle Peronkoski