"Story by Väinö Linna" "Evening." "Come and greet your father." "Do you still remember me?" " Yes." "You are a big man already." "I think he's a little afraid..." "Go and tell the others, Vilho." "How did you manage to find your way in the dark?" "Well, I realized that I still remember the road." "Thank you." "The old ones are so worn-out." "Is that prison bread?" "Yes." " Thank you." "Was your sentence revoked?" "It wasn't a pardon as such." "I wouldn't have gotten out." "President Ståhlberg gave me a private pardon." "I'm on parole and I lost my civil rights." "They didn't give me my rights so they cant take them away either." "Were there any..." "Do you have any underwear left?" "Yes, we do." "Were they taken together?" "Yes, they were." "Was Halme there too?" "He was." "Also Anttoo and Ylöstalo." "Six died on that day..." "Preeti and Otto said afterwards that they looked calm." "Like they were still smiling..." "I don't know about Otto but Preeti cannot make up such a story." "I sometimes thought when people were yelling that Reds are evil - that they should consider their own deeds." "I don't think of my deeds anymore but sometimes at night when..." "But I will settle those with God, it is His domain." "UNDER THE NORTH STAR II" "Stay in bed for a while until it gets a little warmer." "I heard he cant cross the parish border without permission." "He has to show his passport to the police chief once a month." "Ståhlberg seems to be determined to cause a new uprising." "One crook after another is pardoned." "He's got secret Red sympathies." "Mark my words." "Well..." "When our finest people were getting ready - to liberate our country from the yoke of the oppressor - a wretched group joined with the enemy betraying their country." "So you came to see the statue?" " I have more important things to do." "Let's listen to them berating us." "This monument has been erected as a testament of our country's liberty." "As a memorial of the victims our liberty demanded of us." "Most of all, this commemorates two noble young men - whose names we don't even know - and who met with their fate here at the hands of brutal savages." "We can forget the deeds of simple and misguided folk - but not these savages who still walk among us free - without even a hint of shame as if they were law-abiding citizens." "Lets go, Elias." "The sword is pointing at the workers hall." " I don't care." "Yeah, but it does point towards the workers hall..." "Why do you care?" "A clear conscience is enough, no matter what they say." "I guess so." "Hellberg is at my place." " Hellberg?" "He asked for you to come and said not to tell anyone." "I couldn't just tell him to go away." "What will happen to me if he is caught?" "I will come." "Remember not to get involved in anything." "I've thought about the master." "I pressured him a lot." "I feel bad about it." "Don't think like that." "At his age he knew what he was doing." "If any of the judges had been half the man he was - things would be a lot different." "I don't have the energy to hate anymore." "I keep thinking it was his destiny." "Yeah..." "Where did you come from?" " Russia." "Yes, yes but now?" "In my position it's better that I wont divulge too much." "What do you make of all this?" "In my position it's not good to express my opinions." "I'm watched closely." "I'll end up in Tammisaari for the slightest reason." "My situation is none the better but I have to do what I have to do." "I'll get down to business." "The butchers have closed down the party's public activities - so we have to work in secret." " I guess so." "The old comrades have great faith in you." "Your ordeal is well known - and our working class hasn't got enough good men." "I cant do anything without getting caught." "I have small children and the crofts debts to pay." "Who among us can think of their families?" "Have you thrown your axe into the lake for good?" "Shame on you, goddammit!" "Remember when you should've held on to your axe?" "I didn't throw mine away!" " Please..." "I didn't stand for such talk even at gunpoint." "Keep that in mind!" "Don't be upset." "It's not what I meant." "I asked for advice from headquarters on the last day - all I got was drunken babbling, goddammit!" "Let's drop this." "I didn't mean to offend." "I'll tell you one thing." "You left a letter at headquarters when you took a runner." "Your last sentence was: "Act according to your own judgement"." "I decided I would always do just that and that's what I've done!" "Don't loiter here in an old persons house." "Find a better place." "Why are you lifting it, use a pry pole." "Damn." "It's useless working like this." "Forget it." "You cant help with every tree." "Hands off!" " Dammit!" "Let me help you." "What are you fumbling about?" "Didn't you hear me?" "Goddammit..." " You're crazy." "Killing yourself for that." "Damn, what did I say?" "There is the goddamn tree." "You lift it." "Is Koskela looking for the vicar?" "Yes..." "I already asked for him." "Well, Koskela, good day." "Have a seat." "Please." "I came to pay the rent." "Wasn't it for three months?" "Yes, I guess that's right." "But theres no hurry." "I told Elina that too." "Well..." "we wanted to take care of it." "Soon you wont need to pay rent." "The right of redemption kicks in." "I've been thinking about that." "We could use some extra land." "Really?" " The rest of the marsh." "It doesn't concern me since our agreement doesn't cover it." "I could turn that marsh into land." "My father was about to do it - when things took a different turn." "Koskela had better talk to the appropriate people." "Well?" "He hasn't changed one iota." "Same old Adam." "Same old Adam." "We didn't get the extra land." "The vicar said that it doesn't concern him." "I wonder what actually does concern him?" "It didn't concern him when he took the land." "We can manage without the extra land." "Well, that proves it." "I've said it many times." "Some people always divulge all their affairs to other people." "It shouldn't have been dealt with so hastily." "Well, who's been hasty?" "One does this, the other does that." "About this Kivivuori..." "I'll pull out from this whole thing if you take care of the old folks." "You can agree on the details amongst yourselves." "If dad cannot pay all the redemption charges, you handle them." "I don't..." "Of course I would reimburse you." "The charges could be quite large - since we don't know how long my folks will live." "But if they croak soon all the better for you." "Try to come up with some clever way of killing us." "You can push mum down the well and perhaps poison me in some way." "Since you're on the redemption board - and I'm trying to get some extra land from the parsonage..." "Goddammit man, you will choke on your greed." "But if the parish will sell it then why not." "That's not likely as long as the decision-makers are who they are." "Well, you rebelled." "You shouldn't have picked up arms." "I'm done with the uprising." "I was beaten and I paid my debt." "But I'm not answerable to the lords of the land." "Their names were in the document sent to the court." "Mellola, Yllö and Pajunen." "That I'm completely unfit to live as a member of an organized society - and that I should be executed since theres no harsher punishment." "Don't." "They all sit on the board and the parish council." "They will decide on your land so you better keep your mouth shut." "What the hell is wrong with this nation?" "You wont get extra land if everything is a mess." "And you better watch what you're saying." "Don't boast too much." "I'll behave correctly." "But they will know who they're dealing with." "Quite a forest this one." "Ordering dimension felling would be a shame." "Definitely a better class forest." "It couldn't be much better, indeed." "Give the man some land if he wants to till it." "Otherwise it would be unproductive forever." "That's true but selling shared land is just..." "It's not that simple." " A few meetings and plenty of paper." "I figured that the parsonages share used to belong to our croft - since my father did till it back in the day." "If I get this instead, it would be the way it was supposed to be." "I'd pay for it, of course." "Neither the redemption agreement nor the law apply to it." "We'll discuss it later." "Lets just inspect these woods." "We've always considered this spruce as the border." "It's not a bad border sign." "Why is he panting like that?" " He's out of breath." "Shouldn't we take a look behind the croft, too?" "We can take a better look when it's measured." "We won't do this over and over again." "That's settled then." "The extra land is a different matter and it will be settled later." "Well, well, here the farmer Koskela is making bath whisks." "You got the extra land." "How is that possible?" " You got the extra land and the forest too." "Janne asked me to say - that you should accept the redemption price since it is so low." "They must have made a mistake." "Mellola objected but Yllö snarled they wouldn't renege on their word - and that he should've objected during inspection." "Boys!" "Ask your mum to make some coffee." "You must not topple this." "I mean it!" "It would've been pure spite if you hadn't gotten the marsh." "There are too many marshes in this country already." "It's been like that with a lot of things..." "I can understand greed - but owners don't seem to want others to have anything." "One foot on the parsonage side and the other on our side..." "One foot on our side..." "I set boundaries in the woods and take them out of peoples minds." "You keep good care of this so the whiners cannot say they were right." "That surveyor was a really good man." "There still are such people left." "Now our three sons can have something." "Or four..." "Well, what can you say..." "Or it could be a girl, so then..." "You sure know how to cook." "It makes my mouth water." "I'll set a plate for you." " I better not, I just ate at home." "Well, perhaps just a taste." "So, Kaarina." "You'll be a pretty girl." "She looks just like you." "You were also so pretty when you were young." "I used to say the gentry kids aren't as fine as Elina Kivivuori." "And Akseli was so handsome on a horse in the front." "Crikey, he was a handsome commander." "Akseli received lots of lumber from the parsonage felling - but he will work for them, he wouldn't take them for free." "This is Laura." " What a sweet, sweet child." "Welcome, welcome." "I'm Lauri Salpakari." " Thank you." "So, you're here for a workday again." "In a manner of speaking." "How long ago since the last time?" "I guess it's been a while." "And there were times in between..." "Yes, I'm the big villain of course." "I signed all the killing orders." "Don't know about that." "Which one of you has - a paper signed by the President saying you've never had anyone shot?" "I guess you're the only one." "Go and saddle me a horse." "A horse?" "What horse?" " Sirkka of course!" "Oh..." "My mistake." "I can do it if you tell me where the gear is." "No, III do it." "Koskela has pretty much kept to himself." "But his attitude hasn't changed." " Like the rest of them." "Some think that pardons will change their minds." "We've lost much because of that riff-raff." "Why didn't we seize power or kept it when we had it?" "But we couldn't do anything illegal." "We got no support in the elections." "Support?" "Were the actions of that riff-raff supposedly legal?" "The Socialists were all of a sudden legal - when they needed elections." "It was all a fraud and window dressing." "I was born a decade too late." "Only a Captain." "I can only sit back and watch the quicksand of democracy." "You resemble your mother a lot, you get so easily excited." "People's minds are poisoned and the government doesn't listen to us." "Anything can happen." "Even religion isn't respected." "Religion is necessary only to restrain the common people." "I'd prefer you to make fun of something else." "I wasn't joking." "When did you become an atheist?" "I'm a pagan and that's a completely different matter." "A pagan... pagan?" "Pagan!" "Son of a priest and a pagan." "A pair of trousers cant stop me." "Goddammit!" "Mum!" " Damn!" "What in the name of God..." "Stay away!" "I don't need your help." "I can still walk on my own." "What now?" "Father!" "I'm here." "You're in your own bed." "Don't leave." "Don't leave me." "Mum..." "Grandma." "Whats the matter?" " I don't know." "I have a bad feeling." "Mum..." "Go and get Akseli." "Is he restless?" "No." "That's what frightened me." "Father." "What are you doing here?" "And in bare feet." "Look at grandpa." "He has..." "Go back to our house then." "I guess you better sleep in the old house too." "If it doesn't feel right being here." "I didn't have to fear him even when he was alive." "I see..." "I'm sorry for your loss." "Perhaps it was better this way." "Come here." "Old Koskela has died." "I am sorry for your loss." "Please convey my sympathies to your mother." "I see..." "That's the way it goes." "I'll come by later in the day." "About the funeral..." " I'll handle all the funeral arrangements." "You don't have to talk to the grave digger." "I want to read the burial service." " What about the wedding?" "That's right." "What a coincidence." "My son is getting married, perhaps you've heard about it." "Maybe it can be postponed..." "How is that possible?" "Indeed..." "I guess it's not." "But we could bury him before the church service." "Of course we will drop by the grave as well." "I'll come to Koskela later." "He was the last great representative of our pioneer forefathers." "Their work was made possible by the fact - that to them it wasn't a curse but a source of all blessings." "They felt they were the instruments of Gods creation." "Perhaps that's why they were closer to Him than most." "We have to go now." "An unfortunate coincidence." "We were going to invite you to our sons wedding but now..." "Very sorry..." "I'm very sorry." "That man led a full life..." "Three cheers for the bride and the groom." "Hip hip hooray..." "My name is Pentti Rautajärvi and you will get to know my methods." "I'll tell you right now that I wont be a gentle teacher." "First and foremost I demand alacrity and order." "But under these terms I'm sure we will get along." "We begin with a prayer." "We have to strengthen the nation or we wont survive future ordeals." "Raise a new generation to replace the old and decrepit one." "We may have lost the parents but the children can still be saved." "And theres plenty of work here." "This is a typical Red nest." "Why is that?" "Have you had many agitators?" "Not so many, actually just one very energetic and talented man." "He was shot for participating in the murder of the baron - but his influence can still be felt." "You have a huge task ahead of you if you want to overcome it." "But now that you're the local Civil Guard chief, I believe it can happen." "I thank you." "One, two." "Left, right." "Finnish boys and girls must develop healthy bodies!" "Discipline and punctuality!" "Our people have become listless under Russian rule." "Posture and pace." "The superb durability of the German people in war - was based on discipline and punctuality." "One, two." "Vilho Koskela, faster!" "Don't slouch!" "We went to the village with my son's truck - and gave a free ride to the neighbours." "I told myself when Lauri stepped on the gas that wed crash." "But so what?" "Boys belong to Heaven..." "You have bought a truck." "I sure have." "It is an International." "How much horsepower?" " Sixty horses are under the hood." "I see." "I've thought about buying a truck to deliver the manors milk - but maybe it would be unprofitable." "Lets deliver all the villages milk with the same truck." "Lets make a deal." " Perhaps that's worth considering." "The village's milk is one full load." "The price would be the same." "It wont do us any good if it isn't cheaper." "It's all about money." "I agree with Koskela." "Kivioja must get reasonable compensation but Koskela is right." "We'll give you a fair price." " I know what Lauri is like." "Matti Kitonen was..." " Martti Kitunen." "He was a great representative of the Finnish hunter tradition." "You should know him." "Get up!" "Sit down and get up." "Sit down, get up." "One, two, just like in the army." "Learn this paragraph by tomorrow." "Run three times around the school." "Very well..." "Run six times!" "Aulis Kivioja, go to your seat." "So that's the goddamn letter." "What did you say?" " I said that's the goddamn letter." "You're a filthy animal!" "How dare you?" "Don't pull my hair, bitch!" "You're going to a reform school." "Pentti!" "Pentti!" "Come back this instant!" " Screw you, you goddamn butcher!" "You're going to reform school next week!" "Do you hear me?" "A little hair pulling is not lethal." "How dare you come here, have you no shame!" "I voted for you bastard to get on the city council!" "Don't shout, lets talk." " Valtu must come to school." "What do you know?" "They took my sons share and we are oppressed." "No use talking about it now." "You should've had witnesses then." "Does the madam have witnesses every time she is screwing?" "The Bible says that widows and orphans must be defended - but you side with the butchers who abuse poor peoples children." "Please, take it easy." "I will give the teachers a good thrashing too." "Don't you sweet-talk to me." "I know you, you goddamn cunt police." "You're always making faces at me." "I was jealous, someone else had you." " You've always been so mean!" "You were too arrogant to even look at me." "Often I wished I got lucky." "That's one big lie!" "You've always been such a liar." "If we had time, we could fix it right away." "You can say some awful things." "Lets hug and agree that the boy will go to school." "You are something else." "It's a deal then." ""...when the Reds all over the country - carried out several murders and..."" "It also said against peace-loving citizens." ""Such a fervour rose in the Whites that often they shot their POWs."" ""Mainly the Russian soldiers who fought on the side of the Reds." "That's how it goes." "Read it with thought so you'll learn it." "Natsu is coming!" "Did you beat all of them?" " Yeah." "You're quite the skiing champion." "A pardon, a complete pardon - and restoration of citizenship rights." "This is a piece of shit." "Then it's easier to tear it down." "How old is this?" "Let me think..." "Grandma?" "It was built a year before you were born - although it wasn't finished until much later." "Thinking about a brick cowshed?" " That's the idea." "I don't suppose you need any help?" "I guess you have enough already." "Yes." " So you don't have any work?" "Otherwise yes, but I cant afford it." "I haven't earned a penny in two months." "I'm eating saltwater potatoes." "Finnish workers are now being shafted." "Couldn't we hire him even for less pay?" "Where would we get even that money?" "The plains are speaking and Ostrobothnia is arising." "Fascists are arising, just like in Italy." "Does Siukola know who made the trains run on time in Italy?" "Mussolini!" "And now the Germans are stirring." "Marxism will be driven out." "The Communist printing presses will be destroyed." "Either the government does it, or the people." "Can I get my truth-teller?" "That bad paper defends the Communists." " Legitimate actions." "You cant tear peoples shirts off - or smash expensive printing presses with a sledgehammer." "Is Kivivuori pro Soviet Russia?" "Weren't you supposed to go to Russia, all the way to the Ural?" "What was left unfinished in 1918 will now be completed." "You can be sure of that, Kivivuori." " Maybe so." "If Koskela hadn't given me work my kids would be dead by now." "Siukola is probably waiting for the Red Army's bread - but people are dying of starvation in kolkhozes!" "You're the one who's talking about the Red Army constantly - but at least they march on four wheels." "That kind of talk may very well be silenced." "You should be ashamed!" "You bought some groceries, teacher!" "Don't forget them no matter what." "Or your wife may be upset at home." "Men are kidnapped and beaten." "The police just look on and laugh." "It's not a coincidence, it's all been planned somewhere." "It is the counter attack we've talked about." "Maybe I should do something, goddammit." "Soon all of us may be in Tammisaari." "What?" "They said they wont need prison camps this time." "They'll clean up everything." "Put people in holes in the ground." "This matter is now closed." "And the next item on the agenda." "The free citizens of Finland have chosen this delegation - to present a demand to the council - that Socialist and Communist councillors must resign at once - since they ignore that national defence is their duty." "Those who do not fulfil their civic duties - cannot enjoy their citizenship rights either." "Our council couldn't approve further funding for the Civil Guard - because we can't afford it." "The councils and the Parliament will be purged of traitors." "People will find a way." "You are not paid for rabble-rousing and disturbing a legal parish body." "Finland will not tolerate a dictatorship - until the last man is standing on the ruins of the last cottage!" "Since the socialists are disturbing the activities of the council " "I suggest this meeting be adjourned." "Good." "You better find another way out." "Will you resign?" " The meeting's adjourned, no decisions can be made." "It's done already." "You are no longer welcome here, throw him out!" "Circle the house, don't let him get away!" "Hello?" "The Lapua Movement decreed you'll die unless you renounce Socialism - and resign from all positions of trust." "Don't put too many of them in one place, they're just in the way." "Are you tired, boy?" " A little." "You should be." "Then you can eat with a good conscience." "He's a good boy." "Siukola, you're coming with us." " Oh." "Where then?" "We know you have abolished Communist newspapers." "Are you doing house searches now?" " The police chief asked for our help." "Don't go." "It can't be true." "There should be a policeman present." "Are you going to resist the authorities?" "You're not an authority, teacher." "We all know where you are taking him." "Be wise and don't interfere with this." "I don't know whats wise about this." "You will not take men from my yard to be beaten." "You've got a lot of nerve and in the middle of the day." "Don't you dare judge other people." "I know what you have done." "You are the ones who acted in the dark." "Have you forgotten 1918?" "Goddammit, you have two minutes to leave!" "Or I will use this shovel." "Get going, goddammit!" "We will go for now, but this wont be the end of it." "You better be really careful now, Siukola." "How the hell am I going to do that?" "I cant just leave this earth." "I see you have decided to go for a drive." "Right." "We'll go together since the weather is nice." "You understand why you are here?" " I don't understand this at all." "You give up all political activities in the parish and elsewhere." "You must realise that it's not possible." "It is." "Read that and sign it." "You must understand, I cant resign from the council just like that." "Legality has to mean something." " Reds have no rights." "You have to understand what this is about." " Yes or no?" "We could increase the Civil Guard funding." " Yes or no?" "I could convince the majority..." "Will you sign?" " No, never." "You better sign now, Kivivuori!" " No..." "Who is it?" " Janne Kivivuori." "I could use some help." "Whats the matter?" "The bastards beat me." "Could I get a lift to the village?" "I could borrow my neighbours horse." "Did you see a car go by in the evening?" "Yes, I did and I swear to it any time." "Ma saw it too." "She knows Töyry quite well." "Good." "Keep in mind what the car looked like and the time of day." "...there are bruises here and there on the body - most likely caused by a blunt instrument." "Bruises!" "I have cuts, my rear is like pulp, and my cheek bone is fractured." "I didn't find any fractures..." " Whatever." "Can I make a call?" "Are you absolutely sure about it?" " I do know them." "Are you absolutely sure?" " Sure?" "Why would I make this up?" "Of course it will be investigated." "It's wise to start at once." "Find out if the car has returned home." "I'm in charge of the investigation!" "Why didn't you use strangers?" "That damn eel would've talked them out of it." "I can't cover this up." " Do what you must but I wont confess." "They kidnapped and beat Siukola too." "Rautajärvi, Töyry, and Päkki." "Bloody hell." "Cant they be tried in court?" "We have no choice but get absolute proof - so that a conviction is inevitable." "I did drive on that particular road on the night in question but alone." "Where were you going?" " It's a private matter." "What do you mean?" " I rather not say because it involves another person." "I understand." "Please sit down." "Set them free!" "Set them free!" "Set them free!" "I cannot conceive how this charge is even possible." "Perhaps the plaintiff made a false report for political reasons." "Quiet!" "Be quiet or I'll clear this vestibule." "Is this a Russki court?" "I believe they will be acquitted but the court has to do it." "A White man cant be tried based on the accusations of a Red!" "Are you sure you saw the car in question?" "Yes, the car went slowly on our bend which is about ten metres away." "Who was sitting in the back?" " I didn't see in the back..." "Töyry and Mellolas son-in-law were in the front." " Son-in-law?" "Are you absolutely sure?" " That's what I saw." "Did you see mason Janne Kivivuori in the car in question?" "I'm not saying that, I didn't see the back." "So you cant say that Kivivuori was in that car?" "He said he was." "But the question is, did you see him in that car?" "I didn't look in the back closely, but there were men there..." "So you only assume that Kivivuori was in the car?" "Well, I cant swear to it." "I cant explain it better..." "Thank you." "We can already see how flimsy their defence is." "They try to fabricate a theory that I was driven in some other car - which no one even saw." "But two witnesses saw Töyrys car." "Who do they think they are fooling?" "I'm warning the plaintiff, stick to the matter at hand." "The witnesses insecurity is due to fear and uncertainty - caused by sympathizing with the patriotic motives of these crimes." "If the plaintiff veers off the matter..." "Innocent!" "Justice has been served!" "You better leave through the back door." "I'll be damned." "Am I supposed to start hiding?" "I cant be responsible for order if you go out there now." "Unbelievable place." "I leave through the window or the back door." "Ask the Civil Guard to maintain peace and lawful social order." "JANNE KIVIVUORI FOR PARLIAMENT" "Who will you vote for?" " That's a secret." "A state secret." "Kankaanpääs vote is no secret." "Who will you vote for?" "That Kivivuori, I know him." "Why is Leppänen voting for a traitor candidate?" "Don't you understand whats at stake here?" "I don't know about understanding." "My memory isn't what it used to be." "You shouldn't be allowed to vote." "I'm allowed for now and I will exercise it." "Keep in mind the meaning of these elections to the fatherland." "We must vote for candidates willing to put an end to subversive actions." "I see." "You have no citizenship rights." " They were restored." "Then why didn't you make sure that your name would be on the list?" "I think somebody made sure it wouldn't be!" "Siukola." "This is too much." "Kidnapping the former President." "It'll break the non-socialist ranks." "We can't get rid of democracy legally." "Too many non-socialists are pink." "Laws can't build a Greater Finland." "Why are we demanding that socialists obey the law if laws are worthless?" "Wait then till you're taken to some poor house jail." "I will not wait." "If we must fight I will rather die in battle - than behind some hill with my hands tied." "That's not the point." "Times are bad and we have to help those in need." "Then why don't you?" "We have served meals to everyone begging for work or bread." "You know that I've had to borrow money for that..." "You give people food but where will they get a meal the next day?" "This cant go on." "We must choose between Communism and Fascism." "I've made my choice, I hope you will do the same." "Father has always been somehow spiritually broken." "But you are a brilliant and determined woman." "You have to join us." " How much have you done here already?" "Nothing yet." "Remember, not a word to father about what I'm going to say." "I will transfer to the Civil Guard." "We must infiltrate the important positions - and cast out the undecided non-socialists." " That's necessary." "The army is too clumsy." "But with the Guard it will go like clockwork." "What should I do here?" "Influence the sentiment here." "The womens auxiliary must be purged." "Crows are stealing everything." "Eating the little birds suet." "I always question Gods purpose when I see a crow." "Goddamn country bumpkins, those sons of farmers." "They could make do anyway and still they steal our work." "That boy is the son of a former Red leader, Koskela - who at the battle of Syrjäntaka fought till the very end." "Boy." "So your father was at the Syrjäntaka battle?" " Yes." "I think I've seen this Koskela." "Was he in Hennala?" " He was." "Me too." "Take that, boy." "Lasse offers you a cigarette." "Valtu, my daughter's son, got a job in the government too." "Finnish men!" "A civil defence organization has decided to offer its helping hand - in these difficult times to those who have met with misfortune." "A brothers hand has reached out to help those in need in hard times." "The Finnish people's spirit has always overcome difficulties." "This meal is a token of that." "You can thank our energetic women - who have always been ready to serve a common cause sparing no effort." "Isn't it nice to get something hot when the weather is cold?" "Here you are, Leppänen." "You're welcome." "Shivers went down my spine when I saw that butcher up close." "He is the head butcher here." "He didn't look me in the eye." "I guess he remembered beating me." "He's making babies with his bitch - to have a large army for Greater Finland." "I wouldn't mind doing that with her." "Have some more." "Mother dearest sings the sweetest lullaby..." "This is good stuff." " Shut up when I'm singing." "Mother dearest..." " Let's talk business first." "Silence!" "Lasse sings now." "Sing, Lasse." "Silence!" " Sure, Lasse sings." "Mother dearest, lets hear it." "Sleep little one, mornings a long way off" "Then rise with your eyes bright" "Rise and with vigour you act" "Rush to defend the weak and the suffering" "Good." "Off with you!" "You're quite the ladies' man!" "So what?" "Twenty marks is money too." "I don't have the nerve." " I can collect the money." "Go into the closet, III collect the money in the porch." "Kankaanpää won't allow it for free." "Twenty marks per man." "No credit." "Either it's cash on the barrelhead or you leave my place." "Where were you?" " The outhouse." "No, you weren't." " I was." "Listen, don't you talk about anything you heard, goddammit." "I wont." " We're children of oppression." "It's a hard life." "You can have her for free after us." "No." " Have some, it's been diluted." "Have one more swig." "Go ahead." "Good." " I'll leave with the boy." "I'll have a young escort." "Goddammit, boy, you're drunk." "Have you ever been?" " No." "Where are you going?" " Home." "Better not." "What if your father's awake?" "Try to sober up first." "I'll take you to our warm sauna." "You can sober up there." "You're a handsome young man." "If only I were younger!" "Don't mind the babbling of an old woman." "You should start courting girls." "Lets remove your coat so you wont get hot." "Don't sleep." "You're something else." "When you grabbed Elias, I knew you'd become a man!" "What?" "You want an old hag like me?" "Be still." " I never knew you were like this." "Keep that." "It's not much, but at least you can buy some smokes." "Smokes?" " He can smoke since he's earning money." "I should quit smoking since I'm not earning a penny." "That's really not necessary." "Where were you so late?" " Elias Kankaanpääs cottage." "What were you doing there?" " Nothing." "I just watched what they did." "They're up to some hanky panky since Aune is there." "That person has sunk really low." "But she's been like that as far as I can remember." "Yes, listen to your father." "He's always been upset about that." "The people in Mäntsälä have decided to continue." "We'll join them." "The moment has come." " What happens now?" "We will finally create a Great White Finland." "I must leave now." "We must set up work camps for the rank-and-file Reds." "We can educate them to be patriotic citizens." "Government ordered everybody to stay home..." "We have wagged our tongues enough, now it's time for action." "The minister read the President's declaration urging " "Civil Guard members to return home." "Men, it's likely that the declaration was false - and President Svinhufvud is controlled by treasonous elements." "You heard the President's order." "Anyone who doesn't obey is a rebel." "Everybody answers for themselves." "Listen to me!" "We've been ordered to send more men to Mäntsälä." "If everybody does whatever they want the whole country will lose." "I order all of you to go home!" "Finnish men, III ask you at this decisive moment:" "Will you let your wives and children be murdered by Marxist traitors?" "The Red beast is licking his lips behind a pink government." "What will be left of our fatherland if we surrender now?" "It is too cruel, men." "It is too cruel..." "Men, which one of you is going to idly watch these tears?" "Are the doors locked?" "Are you sure?" "Let them come and imprison me." "I'm not afraid." "Let those Marxist henchmen imprison me..." "What are you talking about?" "No one will be imprisoned." "Everybody's been pardoned and you have committed no crime." "And our silver!" "Three spoons are missing, the servants will rob us." "Calm down." "Wallenius, Kosola, Koivisto, and Sario arrested" "I see the teacher has come home from the rebellion." "The kids were so happy with your wife's teachings." "She cant keep proper order." "The boys will be upset that the rebellion ended so quickly." "It's not over." "It will end after the last Red is across the border." "But you don't look as bad as I did - when I came home from our uprising." "I did revolt too back in the day - but our uprising ended just as badly." "The government crushed it too." "But I guess even rebellions progress too." "Vermin!" " True, but a law-abiding citizen - and a staunch supporter of our government when you were rebelling." "I suspect hyperthyroidism." "Her eyes look strange." "But they've always been like that." "Perhaps she's had a tendency for goitre for a long time." "She needs to be examined in Helsinki at once." "Why did she have to die?" "She could have seen the children grow." "Why did she have to die?" "In memory of Ellen Salpakari Alma, Elina, and Akseli Koskela" "You're going to pick the crops at Kivivuori?" "That's the idea." "You'll be busy doing the work of two houses." "When we work hard, in a few days the job will get done." "The world will go on wheels." " Hello." "Aulis takes after me." "He's quite a salesman." "Entrepreneurs keep this world afloat." "They're all alike, boasting and making noise." "Their ruckus can be heard kilometres away." "They bought the bus with a loan." " They're going to a buy a car too." "They'll use it as taxicab." "Aulis will drive it." "He'll just drive girls around." "I heard he's quite the ladies man!" "Visiting your home, eh Preeti?" "I promised to visit here." "I wont forget my neighbours, we've been through a lot." "Although I like it at the old peoples home." "The beds have sheets and we get two good meals a day." "Member of Parliament Janne Kivivuori - even had the cross on my wifes grave replaced." "It's a short trip to visit her grave." "I probably should buy her some flowers." "After all, we were partners." "I just cant get him to stop smoking or to go to a doctor." "Lauri Kivioja himself said that I can just hop on a bus - whenever I need a ride and promised that I don't have to pay." "When I came here other passengers stared at me - when Lauri asked me to sit in the front - since it's so bouncy at the back." "Vilho has come on furlough." " For a few days." "They made me a corporal." " That's the way to go." "I wish you success on your military career." "I don't think I was in that barracks - although I don't remember their numbers any more." "I guess all of Hennala has changed too." "Is the chapel still there?" " Yes, they now store ammunition there." "Oh." "I've stood guard near the Red grave." "It's in the small forest, on the left side of the gates." " Yeah." "Elma Laurila lies there too." "I guess you don't remember her." " No." "Tell it to me straight." "Cancers progress erratically, you can never say anything for certain." "Yeah." "The only thing for certain is that I'll end up pushing daisies." "Well..." "I was waiting for you." "I remember when you came to ask for her hand." "I gave you my blessing with a liquor bottle." "Your marriage was a good thing and still is." "You keep living and don't you mourn me." "I wont run away from anything." "Don't you start now." "You have your own life." "You just live that and let me go." "Stop it." "It seems you will never grow up." "Over half of my debt is still unpaid." "That's a burden on you." "I just couldn't do it, my energy was gone." "Don't you worry about that." "So long just in case." "You never know." "If we ever had any bad blood, don't think badly of me." "That was Otto Kivivuori." "Kaarina, you are a girl whose children will never run out of milk." "How do you know that, granny?" "My dear child." "At my age you learn to see what people are like." "You're a fair girl - who will bear many children when the time comes." " Granny!" "And you big men should start looking for a wife." "Youngsters should live their own lives." "They still have time." "... negotiations with Benito Mussolini." "They will make a war of it if they keep on harping." "It's been horrible since we got the radio." "One country has this many millions of soldiers, the other has this many." "Living space and fortifications..." "I wish God would enlighten them." "You should take matters into your own hands." "Mothers would straighten this world if we had the chance." " Sure." "Even little people can destroy the world." "They are all alike, everybody's just as bad." "I don't care just as long as they leave Finland alone." "We can make peace with others but the Russkis better keep out." "I've seen Russkis, they're people like the rest of us." "I was passionate when I was younger but I actually had a cause." "But I was never the most radical person." "In the army I learned that if you weren't the worst or the best - you could get away with the least." "If the Russkis come we will fight." "Do you have to keep swearing that?" "It's like you're yelling at passers-by - urging them to take you on." " Do as you will but I will fight." "People sing they'll draw a line from Vienas Gulf to Ladoga with a sword." "There'll be plenty of sword fighting if something happens." "You found a really straight tree." "It's good enough for the flag." "Are the boys home?" "They're resting in the main room." "Boys, someones asking for you." "I have your call-up orders." "What has happened, is it war now?" "I guess the negotiations fell apart." "They didn't see eye to eye." "Are we going right away?" " Not at night." "For Gods sake." "What happens now?" "Nothing necessarily." "Those goddamn people." "Couldn't we drop those "great men" into a deep swamp - that not a hair would be showing?" "Keep yourselves men then." "It's no use mourning beforehand." "There are plenty of things in the world worth crying about." "They went behind the drying barn." "Yes." "They always disappear behind the drying barn." "When we leave we disappear behind it." "Whether it is for an uprising or war - or execution or work." "Wherever we go." "Do your best." "I don't know where you're going." "Yes, yes." "Go away now." "I see you boys are ready." "Do you have all your required gear?" "Couple of loaves of bread." "You fight for those then." "Can you give me a tenner so I can come too." "As it happens, I'm broke." "Soldiers don't have to pay." "You give them hell if something happens." "Get on the bus, boys!" "The Finnish working class stands by the principles it holds true." "Including the freedom of people and countries." "Also our country's." "Our comrades, who died for these principles - are lying in a pit, a willowherb-covered grave." "We would tarnish their memory if we weren't prepared to do the same." "Our country's freedom is sacred to us." "Every minute, we have to hope for a peaceful solution - but we also have to be prepared for the worst." "President Kallio declared war- and named Mannerheim commander of the armed forces." "They crossed the border at six a.m." "Those bastards talk about greatness." "Don't they have enough land?" "I just got my life in order and I thought I could live normally." "But those bastards just had to force their way..." "Our troops are fighting back resiliently." "Give them hell, boys, goddammit." "Don't cuss so much." " I don't think praying will help." "Hello." " Hello." "Howdy." "Can I bum a smoke?" "I've run out." "Are the Russkis near?" "They're behind that marsh alright." "We've heard sounds since noon." "Whats this?" "Why aren't you at your post, Leppänen?" "I wanted to borrow a cigarette." " Get back at once!" "Do you know the foreground, Koskela?" " Yes, sir." "Be alert." "Did anyone get hurt, is anyone wounded?" "Leppänen!" "Are you in one piece?" " Yes, but Valtu perished." "Just take care of yourself." " I'll try." "Valtu..." "Why did it have to be him?" "He sent me a card." "He wrote "dear mother"." "Dear mother..." "Dear mother..." "Mother and grandfather." "You are not alone in your grief, we're with you." "And you, Valdemar Leppänen, have returned home." "We will lay you draped in the Finnish flag - down to the ground for which you gave your life." ""Sleep in peace, dear Valtu, earthly troubles are yours no more."" "'Yours longingly, mother."" "For centuries, Finnish men have had to fight against the Eastern threat." "Now it's our generations turn." "On behalf of his home parish we'll lay this wreath - as we pay our last respects to the first hero soldier of our parish." "Take some more coffee, III give some to the Laurila boy." "But not in a china cup." "He's liable to smash it." "Have some more coffee." "The vicar said - that Valdemar Leppänen had returned home - and everybody is mourning for him." "Yllö laid down a wreath." "And he shook my hand." "I said that - during wartime even the weaker ones can do something for their country." "During peacetime the better folks take care of the fatherland - but during wartime even the lesser ones can contribute." "There were lots of songs - and some people even fired their guns." "Although one song did say - that no special honour is required." "Only that the spruces sigh a little for him." "I have some bad news." "We cant get to rest." "We have to turn back and return to the front line." "Keep it together." "Which one?" "Eero." "Yeah." "It was his turn." "I knew we wouldn't be spared since there are three of them." "I wish I could say something but what is there to say?" "He's gone, that's it." "I can take it but my family..." "It can't be helped." "What now?" "Oh my God..." "Not the boys?" "Eero." "Right." "Maybe we should..." "There has never been a night without dawn." "Koskela." "Koskela..." "Here they are." "What?" "I thought only one..." "We have two Koskelas from Pentinkulma here." "Voitto and Eero." "One arrived yesterday and the other today." "Lets look at the boys." "Lets look." "Greetings from the war." "At least you came home." "You didn't come to the funeral." " No." "I got the letter so late and we were moving all the time." "So, officers school?" "I guess they're training us because of officer shortage." "I didn't want to tell you boys what to do but I don't understand..." "Of course I cant pay as much as the army - but since the boys are gone you would have the house." "Yeah..." "I reckon I haven't treated you so badly that you'd leave your home." "Do as you will but your mum has waited for you." "Yeah." "Do you need another pillow?" "No, this is fine." "Sometimes, I get these images in my head." "I think that they are better off where they are than I am here." "Yes." "They must have remembered God amid all that horror." "Did it ever cross your mind?" " Sometimes... at first." "But my score with Him is settled." "I learnt to take everything in its stride." "If I could sleep I slept." "If I didn't have to be afraid I didn't think about fear." "Many men tortured themselves - by waiting for a new bombardment - or attack." "Yes..." "I cant even imagine that." "Get some sleep." "How can you do that?" "It's OK but the beak scratched my throat a little." "Your sister has nice eyes." "I guess." "Aulis Kivioja is such a boaster." "That's what they are all like, especially Vikki." "Aulis thinks everybody wants him since they have money - but I don't care for him." " Then why do you protest so much?" "He is a decent boy." "Sometimes I think about the past." "We need to put it behind us." "Who knows how many boys have paid for their fathers wicked ways." "Like in Koskela." "We must acknowledge that they have paid for their fathers deeds." "Yes, we need men now." "Are you coming to the..." " Yes!" "Today we bless you, eighty brothers and sisters - some of whom we don't even know." "Our Lord knows each and every one of you - and He will call you to Him on the last day." "Life goes on, the deceased and the suffering forgotten." "On one condition:" "That twenty years of dancing on the graves will cease." "Although rebels are criminals, they are also human beings." "We can't ask a mother to curse her son for taking part in the uprising." "Because her feelings are stronger than society and its laws." "Finnish laws forbid taunting criminals - if they have paid their debt to society." "These have and thus we can lift the ban and honour their memory." "In honour of the memory of tailor Aadolf Halme." "Janne Kivivuori." "You should go now." "Don't be cruel." "If a person walks this far he deserves a reward." "You really should go now." " Might I get one kiss?" "No." "You're crazy." "Go home." " Will you come for a drive tomorrow?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "Then it's settled." "You better be there." "Go on then but he's quite a rake!" "You better be careful." "Yes..." "Lets drive to the sunset side by side and holding hands." "Slow down." " Let the jalopy go, it doesn't have any sense." "Give me a kiss and III slow down." " Quiet." "Slow down." "One kiss." "Or should I just accelerate?" " Fine." "What was that?" "That's how the gentry say goodbye to each other." "This is the way to do it." "I'm fiendishly good." "One more." " I have to go." "Well, give me another for the return trip." "What was it?" " Mobilization, goddammit." "What for?" " How the hell should I know what those idiots are up to?" "I guess Germany and Russia are fighting." "Dammit." "Don't." " Come now, give me some, tomorrow I have to leave." "You sit in the goddamn car, enjoy the drive and eat candy - and give me the cold bloody shoulder!" "Goddamn, you are a true Koskela." "Stingy little devil." "Keep your stuff." "You're horrible." " I'm a Kivioja man, yes." "Suddenly you don't like me when I say a few truths." "So long!" "Whats the matter?" "Mobilization." "NCOs." "You need to take care of something." "The battalion will be moved by trucks to another location." "All non-essential gear must be handed over." "Change your clothes, pack another pair of underpants - foot cloths and a greatcoat into your backpack." "Bring your haversack, eating utensils, and weapons of course." "Leave the rest in storage." "Try to hurry." "Theres no point in apologizing but please let me explain." "The mobilization made me lose my temper and I acted like a fool." "If I should come home in a box - then know that my last comfort was the memory of our car drive." "If you don't want to answer this then farewell- but if you do, I'd like to see you when I get a furlough." "Bye." "The war was supposed to last three weeks, but theres no end in sight." "I used to pretend I was in a birds nest and I fell asleep right away." "It feels the same with you." "My father said that we have to break it off at once or make it public." "We don't have to break it off." "Lets get engaged tomorrow." "Don't joke about this, he's angry." "I'm not joking." "I think I'm seriously over the moon." "What moon?" " Don't you understand that I'm proposing?" "You are?" " Yeah." "It will lead to nothing but misfortune." "I know that family well." "Are we so great that we can afford to judge others?" "I wont stop anyone by force but that boy is a complete scoundrel." "It'd be better if he made you cry now than regret it forever." "Why do you belittle him?" "He's hard-working and a soldier." "We're talking about a bridegroom, not a soldier." "Are you absolutely sure that you want to do it?" "Yes." "Your father will agree to it." "I tell it like it is." " He's only looking out for you." "But it is your responsibility." "I guess you have the right to choose your burden." "That's it then." "No matter if it's war or something - you have to have someone to love, get married and have children." "Otherwise this world is doomed by the actions of those powerful men." "Forward!" "We'll go around it." " I wont rush headlong into that!" "Go back if you're scared." "Will you come if I give you a hundred?" "Give it to me." "You're liable to die and I'd get nothing." "Help me get up." "Medic!" "Where are you sons-of-bitches?" "Cut it and apply a tourniquet!" "They will do it at the hospital!" "Hand me a knife." "Hold my boot firmly." "You didn't cut it." "How are you feeling?" "Tell me the truth, you know I'm dying." "I believe you will pull through." "You're badly wounded but you have a strong physique." "How do you know whether I live or die?" "It's my job to..." " And it's my job to die." "Is there an air raid?" " They say it's in Vyborg." "Vyborg's been lost, it cant be there." "You talk too much, you must rest." "If you're too tired to listen then go to hell!" "I didn't order you to stand there." "All of Finland is gone and me too." "I'm the son of a priest and a pagan." "Hold your positions!" "They'll crush us!" " They wont crush anything!" "Do you have satchel charges?" " Yes, but we cant get close enough." "Goddammit it all to hell!" "We have lost Karelia." "In addition, we had to cede Pechenga to the Russians." "The third important issue is - renting Porkkala to the Russians - as a military base for fifty years." "It seems my work wont last." "We must try." "Don't focus too much on earthly matters." "What was it all for if theres nothing left?" "Why did we build Koskela " "starting with fathers first push of a shovel?" "We could make do with less." "I've worked hard my whole life." "For nothing." "Now that almost all of the parsonage land - will be divided between immigrants and service men " "I thought to suggest a trade." "I would give some land from Kivivuori to the immigrants - for the piece of parsonage land right next to us." "It's fine by me." "The board also favours united lands." "By all means." " That would be good." "We can finally get rid of that." "It is just in the way." "They all died - on their feet." "Hello." "Goddammit!" "You know, I will die today." "You've come to visit your childhood playgrounds." "Something like that." "I thought about visiting Elina." "How is she doing?" "Fine, I suppose." "She's living there." "Aren't you a mining counsellor too?" "I am a municipal counsellor." " Right." "I thought you'd be a governor or something." "So, you're still travelling and doing business?" "I've been waiting for them to appoint me a commercial counsellor." "Here, buy this Austrian lighter." "You can have a discount." " Thanks, I don't need a lighter." "It's cheap!" " I wish you luck with your business, I hope you succeed." "Who was that?" "A man." "Kivivuori." "It doesn't feel like I'm treading in the home soil of my ancestors." "Granny, we have visitors." "This is my brother Janne." "Janne Kivivuori." "Don't you remember, granny?" "Janne!" "Are you the son of late Otto?" "I am." " You were in the council." "I remember you." "Who is this young man?" "My grandson." "Jouko." "We lost three boys in the war, Akseli's sons." "I remember those boys." "Janne!" "I knew Otto and Anna." "Our youngest son, Juhani, is taking care of the farm now." "We lost three boys in the war..." "We live here, the two of us." "I'm a burden on Elina." "Otto's son." "That's me." "Goodbye for now." "A flaxen-haired child." "Yes." "So the rest of Kivivuori lands are pasture?" " Mostly." "Everything seems to be in order here." "Even the parsonage field has been tilled." "Yes." "Granny gets angry if someone calls it parsonage land - since father did clear it." "It's not parsonage land but our fathers land." "Yes..." "Fatherland." "Come and visit us again." "Someday."