Titta Karakorpi

Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war. (imdb)

Welder Juhani marries Ritva, an office worker with a rightist background. The day-to-day married life turns out to suffer from housing problems, money problems and long times apart. After there's a serious accident at Juhani's workplace, he get's upset and seeks solace from another woman. At the same time, lonely Ritva starts suspecting something.