An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows
as Martta Mäkelä
as Juhani Mäkelä
as Äijä Mäkelä
as Alli Mäkelä
as Elina Pouta
as Oula Nahkamaa
as Kurki-Pertti
as Hannes
as Preacher
as Aino Liinukorpi
as Antti Lanto
as Anna Kurkela
as Poudan isäntä
as Poudan emäntä
as Outakodan vanhaisäntä
as Outakodan isäntä
as Outakodan emäntä
as Outakodan poika
as Outakodan poika
as Outakodan poika
as Kulkuri
as Niku-Reeti
as Kauppiaan vaimo
as Liinunkorven lapsi
as Liinunkorven lapsi
as Oula's Father
as Lanton Iitori
as Elkku (uncredited)
as Outakodan vanhaisäntä (uncredited)
as Metsätyömies (uncredited)
as Alatalon Liisa (uncredited)