Feature film — 1959
Sampo (1959)
Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.
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A high-signal pick with 31 votes.
Mosfilm / Suomi-Filmi
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Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
On screen
Cast & crew
Urho Somersalmi
Väinämöinen
Anna Orochko
Louhi
Ivan Voronov
Ilmarinen
Andris Ošiņš
Lemminkäinen
Ada Vojtsik
Mother of Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi
Annikki
Georgi Millyar
Sorcerer
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Soothsayer
Lennart Lauramaa
Toivo Romppainen
Emma Hippelainen
Nadezhda Kollen
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