 | Aarno Sulkanen as Akseli Koskela |
 | Titta Karakorpi as Elina Koskela |
 | Risto Taulo as Jussi Koskela |
 | Anja Pohjola as Alma Koskela |
 | Kalevi Kahra as Adolf Halme |
 | Rose-Marie Precht as Ellen Salpakari |
| Matti Ranin as Lauri Salpakari |
 | Mirjam Novero as Anna Kivivuori |
 | Kauko Helovirta as Otto Kivivuori |
| Maija-Leena Soinne as Aune Leppänen |
 | Paavo Pentikäinen as Aku Koskela |
 | Tuula Nyman as Elma Laurila |
 | Pekka Autiovuori as Oskari Kivivuori |
| Kaisu Leppänen as Töyryn emäntä |
| Martti Järvinen as Ilmari Salpakari |
| Esa Saario as Janne Kivivuori |
 | Elsa Turakainen as Henna Leppänen |
| Martti Kuisma as Uuno Laurila |
 | Veikko Sinisalo as Anttoo Laurila |
| Gerda Ryselin as Paronitar |
| Leevi Linko as Artturi Yllö |
 | Aarne Laine as Kalle Töyry |
| Eila Rinne as Aliina Laurila |
 | Juhani Kumpulainen as Antero Mellola |
 | Kaarlo Halttunen as Preeti Leppänen |
 | Asta Backman as Emma Halme |
 | Heikki Kinnunen as Valenti Leppänen |
 | Helge Herala as Vihtori Kivioja |
| Dagi Angervo as Priita |
| Eero Keskitalo as Aleksi Koskela |
 | Olavi Ahonen as Lauri Kivioja |
| Mirjam Salminen |
 | Kosti Klemelä |
| Runar Schauman as Magnus |
 | Elvi Saarnio |
 | Mikko Niskanen |
| Kari Franck as Elias Kankaanpää |
| Aino-Inkeri Notkola |
 | Tapio Hämäläinen as E. Hellberg |
 | Fritz-Hugo Backman as E. Dahlberg |
| Mauri Jaakkola as Kalle Silander |
| Seppo Kolehmainen |
 | Jyrki Kovaleff as Aadolf Heino |
 | Eero Eloranta as Santeri |
| Pentti Lähde |
 | Artturi Laakso as Myllymäki |
 | Ville Salminen as Granlund |
 | Heikki Heino |
 | Arvo Lehesmaa as Jalmari Kolu |
 | Yrjö Järvinen |
| Allan Lindfors |
 | Ekke Hämäläinen as Carl Wallen |
 | Rolf Labbart as Grönberg |
| Holger Blommila |
| Taneli Rinne as Arvo Töyry |
| Esko Mattila as Kalle Ylöstalo |
 | Kaarlo Wilska |
 | Oiva Sala as Wallen |
| Raimo Nupponen |
 | Pentti Saares |
| Jaakko Jokelin as Timofei |
 | Jukka Sipilä |
| Esko Töyri |
| Ossi Räikkä as Edvard Salin |
| Ari Laine |
| Teemu Rinne as Akseli in 1899 |
 | Matti Kassila as Narrator (voice) |
