When I knew the northern wind Was coming in
In despair, when I heard it howling
I tried to hear your voice again
This land of ice and snow
Grabs its children With a sudden blow
I never knew our days Would already fade away
So please, hear my prayer
I beg you, don't take My love away from me
I'm only asking for a little time
For you're the master of Eternity
I'm only asking for a moment for me
I know, it is a lot to ask of you
But if that's what you want to do
Take that time from me, I am not afraid
But if I lose him, Life is just a charade
It was just an early morning
When I realized How fragile life can be
Can't even one of my dreams
Ever become a memory for me?
Now, the summer's gone And autumn shows its face to me
Is this the price I pay For ecstasy and reverie?
I know it's but a dream
Let it continue...
Please, don't take My love away from me
I'm only asking for a little time
For you're the master of Eternity
I'm only asking for a moment for me
I know, it is a lot to ask of you
But if that's what you want to do
Take that time from me, I am not afraid
But if I lose him, Life is just a charade
I knew -
that such a pretty girl has to be intelligent as well.
Do you want a glass of champagne? - No.
Do you want some?
I do.
You could take off your clothes.
The view makes the champagne taste even better.
The commander sounded mad as hell, he'd run out of booze...
He was waiting for some lady company, has she arrived? - Yes.
Then I must hurry with the bubbly, I promised to deliver it personally.
Nobody's counted them, really.
OK, but make it quick. - I never waste time with booze.
You're a shy girl, aren't you?
But that's nice.
You damn bitch, there's no playing with me!
Come back you slut!
That writer of yours is a dead man! - Not just yet.
What the hell are you doing here? - I thought you were looking for me.
You ordered a carriage, Miss?
We're serving drinks here, if you fancy any.
There's an order for your arrest. - Arrest me then!
Aaro! Aaro!
Goddammit!
You, wait here.
I have to go back. - Where's Aaro?
Stay here.
Those pretty ladies, make you forget all about booze...
I didn't even leave the box...
Sorry about this, won't take long.
Do you really think people will believe I'm guilty?
They will -
when they see the body.
You will repent and take your own life in your cell.
There will even be a letter of confession written by you.
I should be put in that cell first. - Do you think -
you'll be able to take a single step outside the area -
without getting caught?
Is he dead? There's a man lying unconscious here! - What? Where?
Here, an unconscious man.
It's funny how brandy goes into your head, if you're not used to it.
You're crazy! - I'm crazy? You came right into the lion's den.
Come to bed, Mummy.
Go back to sleep, darling, Mummy'll sit here for a while.
Please.
What if we changed town again?
We could find a nice apartment with a room for you alone.
I don't want to, Daddy's here and all.
We'll buy you some beautiful clothes.
I can join the search.
The commander won't be telling people that you gave him the brush-off.
I must keep out of their way.
They'll be be turning the town upside down.
Once things calm down, you go home and act as if nothing had happened.
You will see to it that the vicar is found with his skull crushed -
in some suitable place.
Won't too many soldiers know that he was held captive in the garrison?
Are you refusing to follow the orders of your superior?
Are you?
Couldn't we... - Are you refusing?
No.
It's a very implicit order. The newspapers in the capital -
have reported of an unjustified arrest of a vicar.
If the news concern this garrison, he must be released immediately.
Why the hell don't you tell me -
when there's a call from the Governor General's office?
You had some lady company and didn't want us to wake you up early.
Get some help!
What the devil?!
I doubt it! I think it's the other one, the mightier.
Well, get the prisoner in here!
The cell is empty, they moved him in the small hours.
Take him back to his cell!
I'll do the talking with the commander.
Curiosity can kill the cat!
You won't tell anyone about what you saw, is that clear?
Is that clear?!
You had one hell of a luck!
The crofter's contract has been cancelled.
Master Wallegren has asked us to carry out the eviction.
You are to leave immediately. - We're not going anywhere!
Carry all the movables out!
Did you come to help the wife to clean the house?
Your contract has been cancelled. You are to be evicted immediately.
You're in my house and on my land.
I'm asking you to leave, now!
Wallegren has nothing to do with this farm anymore.
This is a farmhouse now, and I own the land.
Get out!
The furniture's been aired long enough, so bring it in, if you will.
I'm alright...
Those bastards will pay for this!
Maria!
Maria, it's very important.
There's no one else I can ask to do this.
What if something goes wrong? - It won't!
And no one can connect you to anything that will happen.
Will you do it? - I don't know!
Will you?
The emperor wouldn't see the delegation -
that was to give him the petition.
Parsons have refused to read out conscription notices from the pulpit.
Are you going to read it? - No, I'm not.
This is pure despotism.
It can't go on forever. - I'm afraid it can.
I want you to know, in case anything happens.
They're planning a strike at the Russian garrison.
Antti wants me to go to the sentries and -
draw their attention. I said I would do it.
What are they going to do? - I don't know.
Nothing dangerous, Antti said. "Just a little mischief."
Today?
Can I talk to Aaro about this, just in case?
Are you planning a wedding here, young ladies?
No, we were taking the spinster's oath. - What's that?
That we'll never take a husband, other than a policeman perhaps.
Had the boy not been there, I'd have thought Veera had a bad dream.
Well it sounds like a nightmare.
Would you like to talk about the past?
About the future?
Life goes on and we along with it. You have to accept that.
But you don't know...
You can't change anything about the past -
but the future is up to you.
Do you mean you'd be ready to... For Veera?
For me, for myself.
Verneri and Saara put together makes?
Veera!
But you promised she'd do it!
It's too dangerous to delay and hang around here. - She'll do it!
Just leave, you two.
I promise I'll never ask you to do anything like this again.
Are you going to go on with this?
Isn't the main thing that one da y, we could live here in peace?
Think about it, the croft lands are finally ours -
and it was agreed that we can go on cultivating the farm.
We'll build Mother and Father a little cottage...
We? - Yes, we.
If you agree to become Maria Manner. - Manner!
Is this?
A proposal, yes!
Antti! You crazy man!
What are you doing here?
Go and do your thing, we'll meet where we agreed.
We're going to be relatives.
How come you know about this? - Never mind.
I came to try to reason with you.
Too late. We're just up to some mischief. - Mischief?
What the hell are these for? - Their ammunition store.
You idiots, there ma y be people there.
Have you dragged Maria in this? - That's none of your business!
You've lost your mind. - It's good for you to speak -
and educated man! - Are you doing this out of bitterness towards me?
Do you really want to know? - The hell I do!
You're the hero of the family, the parish and the whole country.
You're all Mother and Father ever talk about. It's my turn now!
It's time to go.
If I were you, I'd get out of here, so you won't be involved in this.
You don't have to do this.
Are you coming? - Antti!
What's a pretty young lady doing out alone at this time of the night?
I'm on my way home.
It's a pity I can't leave and see you home.
Is it hard to shoot with that?
No, it's easy.
You just pull there and it fires.
I have to walk alone then, if you're not coming.
It's a pity that...
I forbid you to bless those criminals into their graves.
I'm afraid that's beyond your authority.
It must not become a heroes' funeral. Closest relatives only.
Denying that is beyond my authority.
People have a right to mourn.
No one can be forbidden from attending a funeral.
I can't guarantee that we can maintain order.
It'll be maintained best, if you keep your soldiers at the garrison.
Let our song echo through the nation
Let it sound for evermore
Let it be passed to new generations
One day, when we are no more
Take the fear from our loved ones
We shall do what we came here for
Our will won't be broken by losses
Or silenced by years passing by
We'll revere those memorial crosses
When, as one, we're marching by
Our fathers lie under the mosses
By the blooms of spring glorified
Our turn will come, and together
We'll depart this earthly coil
Even pushed to the end of our tether
We shall tame this hostile soil
We will pay the price forever
If we don't endure that toil
Let our song echo through the nation
Let it sound for evermore
Let it be passed to new generations
One day, when we are no more
Take the fear from our loved ones
We shall do what we came here for
At a moment like this, it becomes shockingly clear -
that violence always breeds new violence.
The loss of the lives of these three men is almost unbearable -
and would be even harder to accept -
if we had to think that it was for nothing.
We must believe that the pain of today -
is a promise of hope for tomorrow.
Only hope can give us enough strength.
Do not let the guilefully sown seeds of confusion germinate in your minds.
A united people is harder to defeat.
I want you to know -
that I tried to prevent this tragedy -
and wasn't involved in it, although they claim so.
I may have to disappear for a while, not because I'm afraid, but -
because if the products of my mind are such a threat to those in power -
I'm more use to my country alive than dead.
"During the speech of writer Aaro Manner, things got out of hands -
and the mourning ceremony turned into a violent confrontation."
"According to reliable sources -
the writer has fled from the country for the sake of his own security."
Only few of these have been printed and delivered to the garrison.
If we manage to make them believe this, your son is safe for now.
Well, what does the vicar think -
about them young ones living in the woods together...
An unwed couple... - Well, it is, indeed...
Is that an unbearable thought for you?
For me, no...
I was thinking that as a clergyman you wouldn't approve...
I don't think there's anything we can do.
And maybe love is not the greatest of sins, these days.
Let's just say that they are now engaged -
and help them the best we can.
That's fine, as long as I don't have to bury my other son.
Ella!
How could I ever wake up To face another day?
Who was in my dreams When you were away?
The only sorrow Worse than losing you
Would be Not to have met you at all
How could I even think I knew something 'bout happiness
When the first blooms of spring Were in full autumn dress
I never knew that my skin Could hear a gentle touch
It's as if it, too, Had missed you so much
If only I could Keep even one memory of you
How could I forget Even one night with you?
The morning, dawning Will steal our dreams away
We'll lose our moments together, Yet something will stay
There'll be time when our lives Will vanish in the air
Little birds, so silently Can build a nest in our hair
From far beyond the stars We shall watch eternity
And I will feel that it all Once happened to me
If only I could Keep even one memory of you
How could I forget Even one night with you?
The morning, dawning Will steal our dreams away
We'll lose our moments together, Yet something will stay
The only sorrow Worse than losing you
Would be Not to have met you at all
Our newspaper has not published them.
No, but almost all other newspapers in this country have.
I want you to publish news of his death abroad.
Anyone who knows anything about his goings on will get an ample reward.
I've sewn into your coat some seeds from our first crop.
They say it brings good crops in the future. Lucky seeds.
E as in Ella. - And Earth Mother.
About the reward... - Yes?
What might that be? - What should it be?
I have a wife and six children -
and now the master's throwing us out of our croft -
'cause we haven't always been up to our work services...
Yes?
So if you could make the master change his mind -
or give us some money to pay our dues...
You know for definite about the wanted man?
I reckon I do.
We have information about his contact person.
What are you waiting for? - About the reward...
What goddamn reward?
You promised this boozehound some kind of reward?
Get the hell out of here, before I throw you in jail!
Don't you miss other people's company?
Of course one would like to let everyone know how happy one is.
Do you miss going somewhere? - One always misses something.
The past or the future, a time or a place.
In literature, they speak of a yearning for the everlasting.
There's that same thing in a flame, in the starry sky, in music -
poetry, dreams, the wilderness...
Just when you think you're sensing something, it disappears.
The mower became a poet again.
Well, well. Here you are, laying on your backs -
and waiting for some manna from the skies.
Don't know if there's any sense in trying to fight this war with a pen.
What if the activists' attempts and direct action are the only way?
No way, the fact that they're after you shows -
how threatened they are by the power of the word.
People need hope and ideals. - I'm just about to lose my faith...
Aaro!
Tell the child that his stupid father lapsed into defying the wrong man!
When is Daddy coming?
People are saying that Daddy is not on a trip but captured.
Has Daddy been captured?
Mummy!
Why the hell don't they send us forward?
They'll gather all the deportees together -
then stuff them onto a train.
Before, deportees were just driven out of the country -
to go wherever they could. - We have no hope of that -
we've been reserved a one-way ticket for a cattle wagon to Russia.
Aaro Manner!
Thank you for coming. - That's the least we could do.
She won't even talk about coming home. - We'll be just fine here.
It's good to have something else to think about.
You're wondering if I hate you.
I don't.
And doesn't that make things much worse, indifference?
Martyrs are remembered. I won't let you have that.
Just an end, a mere end!
But first, you'll do one last favor.
You'll write some beautiful lines about your new friends, us!
You can read them out yourself -
and ask people to follow your wise decision.
You'll do it because it's your only chance of hanging on to your life -
even for a while longer, for one more da y, one more hour.
We never neglect using our last chance.
That's a weakness of ours.
I won't do it!
Anything can happen in a da y, one day's better than nothing.
We'll tell people you were forced to do it.
If you survive. - Don't let us down now.
In people's eyes, I'd be renouncing everything that matters to them.
Everything I've done would become meaningless. - Now that's selfish!
To march to a hero's death to make your writings retain their value!
Trying to lengthen one's life is no more selfish.
Can anyone here play music?
You play music, don't you? - Someone might call it music, yes.
You're coming with us.
Where? - Don't ask questions!
The commander will have some guests, to witness his propaganda victory.
You'll just accompany... - Now why would I do that?
Wait a moment. - Take me back.
You should put these on.
Bloody hell, no!
So, are we ready?
Never!
Everybody out!
Farewell!
I had to see this goddamn day!
Think of it as theatre. You're not there, it's someone else.
It just happens, you have to act like an outsider.
Is that what you've had to do?
High above the open ocean Flies a bird so pure and white
Fighting the winds with its motion It finds its way through the night
There are no isles, no islands To rest a little while
Asking the stars for guidance It flies on, mile after mile
So the bird journeys on Trusting in the dawn
So many reasons to go on
Please let Daddy come back, so Mummy can smile again.
Like the moonlight in the morn All our lives will fade away
In their bed, the flowers yawn Waiting for yet another day
With their stems so frail and tender They don't last through wintertime
But their roots never surrender So why should I?
And when tomorrow comes It can change it all at once
So many reasons to go on
Now I look at thee, silently With a question in my eye
Will you still believe in me When I'm too tired to try?
When springtime comes alive There'll be light everywhere
Should the spring not arrive Will you promise to be there?
To live my life truthfully Is the biggest task for me
So many reasons to go on
To live my life truthfully Is the biggest task for me
So many reasons to go on...
Daddy!
How interesting, Saara. Is this the father of your daughter?
Put the girl in safe keeping.
I don't think it's wise...
It is very wise. - Please don't!
Nothing will happen to the girl, if her father is reasonable -
and proudly wears the uniform in the parade tomorrow.
I believe he will be glad to do it.
That's what I thought.
Run, for heaven's sake, run!
Get out, quick!
A girl, thank God it's a girl.
She won't have to become a soldier!
There...
Aaro Manner was forced to write Russian propaganda! - Arrest him!
Don't believe a word! - Do it!
It's all lies! It's all lies, don't believe a word!
Detachment, halt!
Attention!
Stop!
Detachment - shoulder arms!
What the hell gives you the right... - This is an illegal execution.
No one is to be sentenced arbitrarily, without investigations.
The detachment returns to the barracks - dismissed!
But you yourself saw... - Yes, I saw the despotism you practice here -
allowing even the arrest of little girls.
The accused can go, you are a free man.
I am the commander of these troops... - Not any more.
I'm here to take you to Russia, to appear before the court.
Why? - Do you really need to ask me that?
What do you think the punishment will be -
for violence towards locals -
for rapes and executions carried out without proper investigations?
You think you will get a hero's welcome in Russia?
Hand me your weapon!
Your weapon!
"Due to persistent passive resistance by the Finns -
the military service act has been cancelled -
and our young men are no longer forced to serve the Russian army."
So much unnecessary pain...
Yes.
Nature's a strange thing, I can tell you.
People say that in the woods by the railroad -
where the prisoners escaped, there's a coat on the ground -
with sprouts springing up in the shape of an "E".
They say it's a distinct "E".
The swallow in her nest Knows all along
That the autumn winds Will take away her young
So will she not teach them To fly to the sky above?
Enjoy those precious moments
And love?
The birch in the forest Knows all along
That after the summer Its leaves will be gone
So will it not in the spring Burst into leaf?
Sway in the summer breeze
And love?
The grief and pain of growing Would I give up it all?
When it's still spring You can't pick flowers of fall
I would give up anything To keep this dream alive
To see the colors of autumn With you by my side
Although the stars in the sky Know all along
That they will fade away In the morning
So will they not shed their light Into the winter night?
Not shine like a chandelier
But disappear?
The grief and pain of growing, Would I give up it all?
When it's still spring You can't pick flowers of fall
I would give up anything To keep this dream alive
To see the colors of autumn With you by my side
The grief and pain of growing, Would I give up it all?
When it's still spring You can't pick flowers of fall
English subtitles: Outi Kainulainen Broadcast Text
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