Sampo

(1959)

★ 4.6 IMDb · 29 votes

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Year: 1959

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: Finland, Soviet Union

Director: Александр Птушко

Cast: Urho Somersalmi, Анна Орочко, Иван Воронов, Andris Oshin, Ада Войцик, Эве Киви, Георгий Милляр, Михаил Трояновский, Lennart Lauramaa, Toivo Romppainen

Plot

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.