Silja nuorena nukkunut

In the 1910s beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village She is courted by a number of bachelors ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor However Siljas health starts to deteriorate and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918 she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites