In northern Finland in the fall of 1916, Saima Niva rescues a man drifting in the river, who turns out to be a German lieutenant Braun. Braun and his six comrades have managed to escape the prisoner of war at the Muurmann railway station, but the lieutenant has had to get rid of the lost group. While Braun is recovering, under the good care of Saima, Niva's neighbor and henchman of the gendarmes, the greedy policeman Simpura, gets a tip about the refugees camped in the desert.
as Lieutenant Herman Braun
as Gottleben
as Sergeant Major Schönemann
as Sonntag
as Haase
as Hahn
as Cook
as Väinö Taipale
as Saima Niva
as Niva's Host
as Braun's Father
as Braun's Mother
as Braun's Bride
as Fisherman
as Police Officer Simpura
as Head of the Gendarmerie
as Russian Soldier
as Russian Soldier
as Russian Soldier
as Niilo Niva (uncredited)