After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.
Nelly Anita Lovén
as Irja Sassi
Tauno Palo
as Kuusi
Kirsti Ortola
as Ansu
Asta Backman
as
Paavo Hukkinen
as Valo
Matti Aulos
as Tuomas
Harri Sinijärvi
as Taavetti
Heimo Lepistö
as Tirronen
Saara Ranin
as Tirroska
Helmi Lehosti
as
Vili Lehosti
as
Arvo Kuusla
as Pekkarinen (uncredited)
