This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
| Directing | Pirjo Honkasalo | Director |
| Directing | Pekka Lehto | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Katz | Writer |
| Writing | Pirjo Honkasalo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maiju Lassila | Novel |
| Production | Claes Olsson | Producer |
| Sound | Heikki Valpola | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kari Sohlberg | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Irma Taina | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Päivi Tiura | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Inkeri Terävä | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristiina Valkeasuo | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Jaakko Talaskivi | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jaakko Talaskivi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Sven Fahlén | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Antero Honkanen | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Lars Klettner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Pekka Sirén | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Olli Soinio | Sound Effects |
| Art | Pentti Valkeasuo | Production Design |
| Art | Reijo Puttonen | Production Design |
| Art | A. Ksenofontova | Production Design |
| Sound | Paul Jyrälä | Production Sound Mixer |
