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.

Aarno Sulkanen
as Akseli Koskela

Titta Karakorpi
as Elina Koskela

Risto Taulo
as Jussi Koskela

Anja Pohjola
as Alma Koskela

Kalevi Kahra
as Adolf Halme

Rose-Marie Precht
as Ellen Salpakari

Matti Ranin
as Lauri Salpakari

Mirjam Novero
as Anna Kivivuori

Kauko Helovirta
as Otto Kivivuori

Maija-Leena Soinne
as Aune Leppänen