For six hundred years Sweden had controlled most of Finland until the war with Russia that ended in 1809, when Finland became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Czar. This period drama is set during that early 19th-century war and focuses on one of its heroes, Sven Tuuva. Sven is a decent yet not too brilliant soldier, and his exploits are partly balanced here by the charms of a compatriot.
- Genre: War, Drama
- Studio: Suomen Filmiteollisuus
- Keyword: war veteran, cossack, heroism, rifle, honor, king, battle, cavalry, artillery, 19th century
- Cast: Veikko Sinisalo, Edvin Laine, Fanni Halonen, Salme Karppinen, Leif Wager, Kauko Helovirta