Isoviha (1939)

The historical film Isoviha (1939), directed by Kalle Kaarna and based on a novel and screenplay by Jyrki Mikkonen, is set in a Savoy village in the early 17th century. In the story, the parish priest Petrelius refuses to accept the marriage proposals of his young daughter Karoliina and Paavo Paulinpoika. Paavo, who enlists in the King's forces, is wounded in the Battle of Poltava. On his return to Finland, he finds his village and his beloved at the mercy of the Russians, besieged by Cossack Captain Voronoff.