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...
Peter Franzén
Taisto Reimaluoto
Ahti Kuoppala
Ville Virtanen
Risto Salmi
Timo Lavikainen
Leo Lastumäki
Simo Tamminen
Vieno Saaristo
Hannu Virolainen
Riitta Piironen
Seppo Timonen
Aimo Räsänen
Sami Haapala
Reino Janhunen
Tomi Kervinen
Unto Kyllönen
Heimo Kärnä
Timo Laukkanen
Lasse Palander
Jaakko Saaristo
Markku Tanskanen
Terho Turunen
Seija Puhakka
Sanna Ryhänen
Martti Vaakanainen
Pentti Seutu
Immo Kokkonen
Jaakko Rummukainen
Risto Höylä
Aimo Kääriäinen
Lauri Palosuo
Anne Bäckström
Virva Hartikainen
Elvis Laine