The mother employs a man named Ojanen (and nicknamed "Christ-Devil") to help in the hay making.
Director Rauni Mollberg used amateurs, including 17-year-old schoolgirl Irma Huntus, who was cast in the title role.
Huntus appeared nude in several scenes, which made her life difficult in the small village where she returned after the filming was over.
Helena Ylänen wrote in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that Mollberg had "unleashed his fascination with the white naked human flesh.
He makes a number of excuses to undress people, in particular the undeveloped girl's body of Milka.