
Set in rural Ostrobothnia in 1859, Tuomas Kantola, a farmer, is the only peasant in the village who does not sell his land to Lohikoski's boss Adler, and even starts to annoy him by building a dam to defy the project to drain Lohikoski's lands. During the summer, Harri , a student, and Kantola's daughter Annika fall in love, which is not accepted by either of their fathers or Annika's ex-fiancé Tuomas.
Tuomas Kantola

Annikka

Harri Adler

Carl Erik Adler

Tuomas

Sameli

Kantolan emäntä
Lohikosken pehtoori
Simuna

Hanell

rovasti

vallesmanni

maaherra
Hemppa
Jokiluoman isäntä

Hansson

Taavetti (uncredited)

Samppa (uncredited)

Lohikosken puukhollari (uncredited)