Ilmari Piilonen

Küçük çiftçi Pasi, kendisini sarhoşluktan tutuklamaya gelen dört polisi vurur. Film, trajik vurulma olayına yol açan olayları inceleyen bir geriye dönüştür. Zaman geçtikçe Pasi yoksulluğa daha da batar, polis ve vergi memurlarıyla başı derde girer, bu arada aile içi tartışmalar da giderek ciddileşir. Gerçek bir hikâyeden uyarlanmıştır.

Olavi Koskela, a ladies' man, joins the loggers. As a log driver, Olavi travels from place to place, seducing one girl after another and then abandoning them. Only Kyllikki, the daughter of a wealthy family, is able to resist his advances and incites him to challenge another log driver to a race down the rapids. Through Kyllikki, Olavi is forced to face the consequences of his actions and reflect on the meaninglessness of his life.

Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks deeper into poverty, gets into trouble with police and tax officials, all while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a real story.