The story of Norjmaa is an adaptation of the movie The Cuckoo (2002), using the same plot, situation, time period, and characters, but with the locale transplanted from Sápmi (Lapland) to Mongolia, and the language of the peasant woman changed from Sámi to Mongolian, and the Finnish soldier's language changed from Suomen (Finnish) to Japanese (a language thought to be related to Finnish). The Russian soldier remains Russian.