

Mrs. Ireene Helasuo does not want to have children and refuses to do so. She argues about this with her husband and father. Director Kustaa Helasuo considers childlessness a deficiency, and Ireene's father believes that motherhood is a woman's duty, which his daughter is not fulfilling.
Ilmari Unho
Hanna Salmio
Kaija Rahola
Nurse

Rauha Rentola
Kerttu

Elsa Turakainen
Janitor's wife

Wilho Ilmari
Doctor

Matti Lehtelä
Salmio's friend