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.

• Veikko Itkonen
• Heidi Krohn
• Jussi Jurkka
• Aku Korhonen
• Pentti Siimes
• Tommi Rinne
• Kaarlo Halttunen
• Oke Tuuri
• Kullervo Kalske