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Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.Read moreLess
Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.
The story
Arvo Raitamo, a surgeon from Helsinki, is focused on his career. At home, his wife, who suffers from loneliness with their young son, is kept company by Rolf Brenner, an engineer known as a ladies' man. When the family's son dies in an accident, Arvo, broken with grief, flees to the wilderness of Lapland, where he collapses in the snow. Arvo is saved by the folk healer Aslak and his niece Maaret. Maaret falls in love with Arvo, but Arvo cannot escape his past for long.
Cast & crew
Eila PehkonenMaaret Oijusvuoma
Hilkka HelinäAnnele Raitamo
Olavi ReimasDr. Arvo Raitamo
Sakari JurkkaMattis-Niila
Emma VäänänenKekke Petäjä
Pentti ViljanenJalle PetäjäExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Tauno Pylkkänen
- Screenplay
- Usko Kemppi
- Director of Photography
- Eino Heino
- Director
- Valentin Vaala
- Producer
- Risto Orko
- Editor
- Valentin Vaala