The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Rauli Tuomi
as Aleksis Kivi
Matti Kivi
as Aleksis Kivi as a child
Anni Aitto
as Annastiina Stenvall
Kaarlo Aavajoki
as Erik Juhana Stenvall
Harri Sinijärvi
as Emanuel Stenvall
Oiva Luhtala
as Albert Stenvall
Tarmo Manni
as Juhani Stenvall
Waldemar Wohlström
as Carl Johan Granberg
Helge Ranin
as Fredrik Cygnaeus
Leo Riuttu
as E.A. Forsell
Heino Turkko
as Emil Nervander
Topo Leistelä
as Johan Wilhelm Snellman
