Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
Directed by Markku Pölönen
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Cast
Peter Franzén
Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
Taisto Reimaluoto
Eetvi Manninen
Ahti Kuoppala
Ville Kuosmanen
Ville Virtanen
Foreman Luti
Risto Salmi
Horseman Turpeinen
Timo Lavikainen
epämukava Leinonen
Leo Lastumäki
Kämppäukko
Simo Tamminen
Lääkäri
Vieno Saaristo
Taimi Kuosmanen
Hannu Virolainen
Asemamies
Riitta Piironen
Opettajatar
Seppo Timonen
Humu
Aimo Räsänen
Kuljettaja
Sami Haapala
Tekomies
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