The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.

• Suomi-Filmi
• Rauli Tuomi
• Matti Kivi
• Anni Aitto
• Kaarlo Aavajoki
• Harri Sinijärvi
• Oiva Luhtala
• Tarmo Manni
• Waldemar Wohlström