Maria, who lives in Hermann, Helsinki, takes in a baby abandoned on the steps of a bar. Mean neighbors call the foundling, named Stiina, a municipal orphan, which makes the girl ashamed of her background. Malicious gossip, constant poverty, and misfortune strengthen her spirit. Stiina grows up to be a brave and fair woman.

Tuulikki Tenho, who lied about her marital status to get a job as a secretary at a timber company, has to pretend that she is married to Yrjö Aaltonen, an architect she has just met. A romance begins to blossom between the couple, but it is revealed that Yrjö is already engaged to Virva Lieki, a dancer returning to Finland from abroad.

The headmaster of a private girls' school is doing her best to maintain strict discipline in the school. In addition to the loosening morals of the students, the warm relationship between two girls is a causing concern.

A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs to the fencing teacher lieutenant Carl-Magnus Schildt.

The film tells the story of the women of Larsvik Manor, especially the young lady of the house Barbi during World War II.

The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.

Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.

Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle, the mother's place is at home with the child and not at work. Only her mother-in-law Ilona encourages Martta to advance in her career.

Anna, the mistress of Riihala, runs the farm while her idle husband drinks and their heir, Antti, courts Elma, a maid from the neighboring farm. Anna hopes that her son will marry Elina, a girl from the Kalteva farm, but she is disappointed.