خلاصه داستان : در نتیجه ی 25 سال جنگ میان روسیه و سوئد، دو بردار که سعی دارند خود را به مرزهای جدید برسانند، در راه اتفاقاتی برایشان رخ می دهد و...

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

خلاصه داستان : در سال 1918 یک گروه از بازیگران فنلاندی که در یک اردوگاه آلمانی نگهداری می شوند به اعدام محکوم شده اند. اما وقتی یک ژنرال بلند پایه وارد اردوگاه می شود رئیس اردوگاه یک راه بی رحمانه برای زنده ماندن به آن ها نشان می دهد و...

Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.