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.
Tapio Vilpponen | Production Design |
Juha Nevalainen | Screenplay |
Hugo Ranta | Sound |
Veikko Itkonen | Producer |
Mia Aaltonen | Makeup Artist |
George de Godzinsky | Original Music Composer |
Jack Witikka | Director |
Kalle Peronkoski | Director of Photography |
F.E. Sillanpää | Novel |