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Ittells a story about the music scene in Kotka, Finland in the late '50s. It focuses on the bar Fennia and the time it was the head quarters of Olli Miettinen band. There are several historical characters portrayed in the film.

Mikko, an exchange student from Finland, arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in the centre of the big city but the plans have already changed. He has a new host family, who live on a farm far outside the city. The life in the countryside becomes much more exciting when he gets to know the sheriff's daughter and falls in love. Too bad that the father doesn't allow it. When the harmless trip to the out-of-town bar goes terribly wrong, Mikko has to face a very serious reality. The concealed hatred between certain characters doesn't make the situation any easier.

Himmler's personal physical therapist with magical power in his fingers, that alleviated the Nazi's severe stomach pains with his skills and gained his trust. Felix Kersten's life (1898-1960) is confusing like a smoke screen.

One day in winter, Lennu's two little brothers disappear. Their footprints in the snow lead to the half-frozen sea, in the direction of a nearby island where Lennu took his brothers the past summer. The guilt-stricken boy sees flashbacks of their happy days together while helping his parents and the local police in their search.