Chanson Triste

Based on the poems by finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the movie centers on the Finnish War between Russia and Sweden in 1808.

In the small village of Nuottaniemi live Iisakki and his daughter Hanna. Iisakki bears a grudge against Heikki, blaming him for the death of his son in a timber rafting accident. To make things worse, Heikki's son Juhani wants to marry Hanna but she only has eyes for the lumberjack Antti.

After Matti is stabbed to death at his own wedding, Eero of Ojelmiston becomes a suspect, presumed to have avenged his recently deceased wife. Eero escapes with the help of a court judge but surrenders after his mother gets into trouble. At the courthouse, the priest admits that Vieremä Jaska confessed to the crime on his deathbed. The film has survived, but without subtitles.

Örn, an aging countess, finds herself reminiscing about the tragic fate of the young lovers Carl-Johan Örn and Margareta by the family tombs.

Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding. From a comedy by Alexis Kivi.

"Everyone Avenges Themselves". At the instigation of Louis Berger, Henry Rogers is falsely accused of having embezzled a large sum of money and sentenced to prison. As a convict in the prison quarry, he becomes good friends with the warden's son, Allan. Lille Allan believes in Henry's innocence and help him escape.

The aging Count Eric von Ure is worried about the lack of responsibility shown by his son and heir Kuno. His extramarital son Jörgen Ager is however a model of virtue, while distant relative Count Fritz also plots to be included in the will.

Young Michael Martin is about to marry his fiancée Asta, when his foster father, Captain Weston, announces the term of his will -- in order to inherit the family fortune Michael will have to remain a bachelor.

Professor Soriano is a successful Italian scientist. Together with a colleague Doctor Ibrahim, he has produced a serum to cure spinal cord suffering. Soriano is visited by his fiancée, the beautiful marquee Savorelli.

Scientist Paul Förster poison his rich uncle to get money for his research that applies to a serum. But Förster who believes that he killed his uncle is affected by severe qualifiers, leaves the research and goes to sea. Later it turns out that the uncle survived.

The stepson of a landed family wishes to go off to university.