Sampo (1959)

Original title

Сампо

Directed by

Aleksandr Ptushko, Risto Orko

Genre

fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

Soviet Union, Finland

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Borrowing from the Finnish epic Kalevala, this film follows characters from that mythology as they seek a magical artifact called the Sampo. It involves conflict between heroes and a powerful sorceress.

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What happens

Sampo (Russian: Сампо) is a 1959 Soviet-Finnish fantasy film based loosely on the events depicted in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. In the United States, it was released in an edited version, The Day the Earth Froze, by American International Pictures as a double feature with Conquered City. This version was later featured in a 1993 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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