Rakel Linnanheimo

It is the year 1915, and five Finnish men ski to Sweden via the Gulf of Bothnia to get military training in Germany. Among the men are Martti and Kalpa from the 27th Army Ranger Battalion. In the reserve, the troops spend their free time in a café called the Golden Anchor, owned by Sonja Strand. Sonja's captain serves in the Russian army, and Sonja has a relationship with Baron von Lichtenstein, who exploits Sonja who spies on Russia using Jew Isaac as her messenger.

A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.

Teacher's daughter Anna cannot enter the music college because of her family's opposition. At the request of her relatives she goes to Helsinki to study administrative sciences, but nasty fellow students make the girl leave the university and apply to become a nurse.

Sock manufacturer August Lampaanpää finds himself in financial difficulties due to the upkeep of his girlfriend Kyllikki Mattler, appeasing his wife, and opposing his daughter Vappu's plans to marry car mechanic Manne Hietikko.

Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

Blind since birth, Antreas Tuurio earns a meager living selling brushes at the Market Square. Despite his disability, he is a cheerful and optimistic person. Kind high school girl Martta loves Antreas, while office worker Jolanda is the fulfillment of his dreams. The blind and poor man's feelings are not reciprocated, but when he inherits millions, even the flighty Jolanda seeks Antreas' company.

Olavi, a farmer's son, leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.