It is in a battlefield in Karelia, Finland during the Continuation war (1941-1944). Intensive shooting between Finnish and Soviet troops takes place. The Soviet occupation is strong, and on the Finnish side it is ordered to withdraw. But Captain Viktor Aaltonen does not listen to the order but wants to shorten a wounded companion's suffering. Aaltonen is taken to the Soviet prison camp, Vorkuta, where he will spend a decade.
Director
Arne Mattsson
Jarl Kulle
Viktor Aaltonen
Margit Carlqvist
Astrid Bergas
Lars Ekborg
Raul Bergas
Kolbjörn Knudsen
Bergas
Allan Edwall
The poet
Carl-Olof Alm
The artist
Olof Widgren
Doctor Linnamo
Brita Öberg
Mrs Hietari
Åke Lindman
escaped prisoner
Axel Slangus
blind beggar
Anneli Sauli
the artist's model
Kari Sylwan
secretary at Berga's office
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