Sampo (1959)

Name: Sampo
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1959-08-24
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Urho Somersalmi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Andris Ošiņš, Ada Vojtsik

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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Released 1959-08-24 · 90 min · Adventure, Fantasy

Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko

Cast

Urho Somersalmi as Väinämöinen
Anna Orochko as Louhi
Ivan Voronov as Ilmarinen
Andris Ošiņš as Lemminkäinen
Ada Vojtsik as Mother of Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi as Annikki
Georgi Millyar as Sorcerer
Mikhail Troyanovsky as Soothsayer
Lennart Lauramaa
Toivo Romppainen
Emma Hippelainen
Nadezhda Kollen
Anatoliy Barantsev
Viktor Uralsky
Vladimir Boriskin