- Agronomist Paul arrives at Siltala Manor to become the new superintendent. He knows his worth, and that causes tension among the gentry and in the owner of the manor, widower Lilli. Eventually, Lilli and Paul begin to find common ground.
- Risto Orko directed the romantic comedy Superintendent of the Siltala Farm (1934), based on the novel by Harald Selmer-Geeth. Paul, an agronomist, arrives at Siltala Manor to become the new superintendent. The superintendent, who knows his own worth, causes tension among the gentry, especially the owner of the manor, Captain's widow Lilli Lind. Hugo Mandelcrona, a show-off lieutenant, courts the owner of Siltala, but Lilli and Paul find common ground.
- The new superintendent arrives at Siltala Manor and takes up residence in the best guest room in the house, instead of the run-down superintendent's quarters reserved for him. His first encounter with the mistress of the manor, Captain's widow Lilli Lind, is tense, not least because the superintendent has mistaken Mistress Hanell for the owner of the manor and treats Lilli with prideful self-consciousness.
In addition to the stewardess, the other visitors to the manor include Baron and Baroness Silfversköld, Chamberlain Suvanto, and Lieutenant Hugo Mandelcrona, a relative of the late Captain, who is courting Lilli. The baron turns out to be a fellow student of the superintendent, and when he wonders about his friend's new job, the superintendent tells him that he took the job on a bet and that he goes by the name of Paul the agronomist. Mandelcrona behaves with showy self-assurance, as Lilli's late husband has stipulated in his will that she must marry him within a year or pay him an inheritance of half a million marks.
The superintendent sets about improving the estate and wins over the servants. The superintendent's singing at a dinner party and a horse-riding trip together develop his relationship with Lilli to a romantic level. The poor Aaretti, on the other hand, woos the maid Miina with bad luck and asks for superintendent help: he agrees and Miina opens the door to her cottage, but Aaretti gets thrown out when he tries to enter with this ruse. From her window, Lilli sees the superintendent walking to the cottage and thinks he is meeting someone in secret. Her suspicions are confirmed when Miina rushes over to hug him after he has put down the horse.
But Lilli rejects Mandelcrona's proposal and leaves unexpectedly, leaving a message that she will return on 1 September to give her final answer. Aaretti, meanwhile, finally manages to tame Miina and celebrates by getting drunk. Meanwhile, Mandelcrona drowns her sorrows in a glass: the two men meet, Mandelcrona forgets about the weather and wakes up in the morning in a pigsty.
When Lilli returns, the misunderstandings are quickly cleared up: the superintendent's garden adventure is met with laughter and Lilli assures him that she has no intention of marrying. The chamberlain also tells her that the superintendent has made Lilli financially independent by selling a small piece of the Siltala forest. There are no more obstacles to their happiness together, a kiss between Lilli and the superintendent proves as much.
At dinner, the chamberlain announces Lilli's engagement to the superintendent. The superintendent reveals that he got involved because of a bet and that he is in fact Kurt Alarik Paul Biörenstam, a reserve captain and owner of a manor in Uusimaa. A stunned Mandelcrona also joins in the congratulations, realizing that the superintendent is in fact a nobleman and a soldier.
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