After her mother's death, Irja, an evacuee girl, finds herself in a poor financial situation. Working as a housekeeper for her former teacher on a starvation wage, her situation improves when she is hired as a janitor at a secondary school. Despite the opposition of Principal Kuusi, she decides to take the matriculation examination and, in order to improve her writing skills, responds to a correspondence advertisement placed by the mysterious Master Ahtojää.
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| Camera | Kauno Laine | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hilja Valtonen | Novel |
| Sound | Harry Bergström | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Björn Korander | Sound |
| Camera | Mikko Sergejeff | "B" Camera Operator |
| Writing | William Markus | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eeva-Liisa Ruuskanen | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Regina Keso | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eeva-Liisa Ruuskanen | Hairstylist |
| Art | Eka Karppanen | Title Designer |
| Writing | Usko Kemppi | Screenplay |
| Art | Aarre Koivisto | Production Design |
| Editing | Armas Vallasvuo | Editor |
| Production | Paavo Hukkinen | Location Manager |
| Camera | Pentti Auer | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Kari Uusitalo | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Juhani Alaranta | Grip |
| Camera | Erkki Tolvanen | Grip |
| Directing | William Markus | Director |
| Production | T.J. Särkkä | Producer |