The Ostrobothnians

About the show

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.