Based on the poems by finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the movie centers on the Finnish War between Russia and Sweden in 1808.
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John Ericsson Carl Michael Runeberg Edvin Adolphson Olga Andersson Hugo Björne Artur Cederborgh Thor Christiernsson Einar Fröberg Alfred Lundberg Nils Wahlbom Thor Modéen Fredrik Gjerdrum Sven Lindström Gustaf Ranft Otto Malmberg Josef Fischer Nils Ohlin Axel Lagerberg Oskar Textorius Thure Holm Carl Deurell Adolf Niska Leopold Edin Vilhelm Hansson Paul Lane Gösta Nyman Nils Sarlin Anders Wikman Anna-Lisa Wallin Anita Dorr Edit Rolf Ida Gawell-Blumenthal Arvid Enström Seth Hesslin Helge Karlsson Sickan Castegren Kaarlo Kytö Sven Quick Linnéa Hillberg Konrad Tallroth Axel Slangus Harald Wehlnor Sixten Malmerfeldt Olle Hilding Robert Johnson Hugo Lundström Bror Hallberg Rudolf Rasch Einar Lindström
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