An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish Lapland of the late 1940s. When the 19-year-old girl turns up pregnant, her alcoholic father is outraged and a series of tragic events follows
Maritta Viitamäki
as Martta Mäkelä
Pauli Jauhojärvi
as Juhani Mäkelä
Aimo Saukko
as Äijä Mäkelä
Milja Hiltunen
as Alli Mäkelä
Sirkka Saarnio
as Elina Pouta
Niiles-Jouni Aikio
as Oula Nahkamaa
Veikko Kotavuopio
as Kurki-Pertti
Jouko Hiltunen
as Hannes
Osmo Hettula
as Preacher
Maija-Liisa Ahlgren
as Aino Liinukorpi
Kauko Jauhojärvi
as Antti Lanto
Irja Uusisalmi
as Anna Kurkela