Sampo 1959

★ 4.6/10 AdventureFantasy Released

Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko

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Overview

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.

witch based on novel or book darkness mill based on myths, legends or folklore finnish mythology kalevala (finnish national epic)