[3][2] The project was started by director and producer Erkki Karu, but when he suddenly died in December 1935, a replacement was needed to continue the work.
[1] The production company's CEO Toivo Särkkä would have been the obvious choice, but he declined on the basis of lack of directing experience.
Leppänen later remarked on how difficult it was to direct especially the romantic scenes between the male and female leads, with both actors not only unused to such work but also very shy.
[3][1] [2] During the 1930s depression, the poor and unemployed engineer Reino Aro is secretly in love with Maire Rauta, the daughter of the wealthy industrialist K.L.
[4] The film is in some respects technically flawed, but Leppänen's direction is considered to have brought out good performances of the inexperienced cast.