Sampo

1959 • 1h 30m • Adventure, Fantasy

4.6(31 votes)

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.

Director

Aleksandr Ptushko

Writers

Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld

Status

Released