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Set around 1850 in South Ostrobothnia, the play depicts local life and peasants' rebellion against a Swedish-speaking, arbitrary local law officer. The officer also carries associations with earlier oppressive rule and contemporary Russification.
In mid-nineteenth-century Ostrobothnia, farmer Antti awaits trial for defending his fiancée Maija’s honor, while her brother Jussi challenges the oppressive sheriff. After Antti escapes prison, the sheriff arrests and tortures Jussi; Jussi kills him but is mortally wounded, dying with a vision of liberation for the Ostrobothnians.
Set around 1850 in South Ostrobothnia, the play depicts local life and peasants' rebellion against a Swedish-speaking, arbitrary local law officer. The officer also carries associations with earlier oppressive rule and contemporary Russification.
In mid-nineteenth-century Ostrobothnia, farmer Antti awaits trial for defending his fiancée Maija’s honor, while her brother Jussi challenges the oppressive sheriff. After Antti escapes prison, the sheriff arrests and tortures Jussi; Jussi kills him but is mortally wounded, dying with a vision of liberation for the Ostrobothnians.