The dawn of Finnish independence, the spring of 1918, the end of the Finnish Civil War. Captain von Munk is sent to a small town by the river that will mark the border between Finland and the Soviet Union. Von Munk soon falls in love with his secretary, Maria Lint, a local village teacher who has secretly engaged himself to a Finnish Red Army refugee. The Wall, 1918 is a historical drama, a love story and a tale of the rebirth of the nation. It is a story about a man who is forced to choose between love and duty. A story about the long-awaited independence of the country and the division of the country to achieve this goal.