Filmi made a tentative  reservation of the filming rights. But Edwin Laine, who was working  for SF (Suomen Filmiteollisuus) at the time, read the novel and  immediately traveled from Helsinki to Tampere to meet Väinö Linna to  invalidate Mäkeläs reservations. Laine believed so much in the  novel that he promised Linna more money for the filming rights than  Mäkelä, although he didn’t have the authorization to do so. In spite  of this ruthless act Mäkelä and Laine later made two films together  Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968) and Akseli ja Elina (1970). These  films were based on Väinö Linnas Täällä Pohjantähden alla