A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war.
Em 1941, a Finlândia ataca a União Soviética para recuperar o território que a União Soviética ocupou após a guerra de inverno de 1939-1940. Entre os soldados finlandeses estão Anttero, Wolf Paw, Koskela e Hietanen. Sob grandes dificuldades e mortes de camaradas, eles conseguem chegar até o lago Onega antes que as perdas se tornem grandes demais. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
