Toivo Särkkä's historical drama Dance Over Graves (1950) is based on the novel of the same name by Mika Waltari. Russian Emperor Alexander I and the governor's daughter Ulla Möllersvärd meet in the aftermath of the Finnish War at the 1809 Diet in Porvoo. The Emperor's infatuation with the beautiful but rebellious Ulla pleases her parents, and the pro-Finnish students, including the governor's secretary Antti, who is infatuated with Ulla, also try to take advantage of it.