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2026 · Animation · Adventure
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Film / 1959
Sampo
Directed by
Aleksandr Ptushko
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Urho SomersalmiVäinämöinen
Anna OrochkoLouhi
Ivan VoronovIlmarinen
Andris OšiņšLemminkäinen
Ada VojtsikMother of Lemminkäinen
Eve KiviAnnikki
Georgi MillyarSorcerer
Mikhail TroyanovskySoothsayer
Lennart Lauramaa
Toivo Romppainen
Emma Hippelainen
Nadezhda Kollen
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Anatoliy Barantsev
Viktor Uralsky
Vladimir Boriskin
Pyotr Modnikov
Valentin Bryleev
Aleksandra Macheret
Olga Lenskaya
Sylva Rossi
Alice Lyly
Eva Murulainen(uncredited)
Nikolay LebedevOld Man (uncredited)
Vasiliy GalaktionovSorcerer (uncredited)
Lea Venkula(uncredited)
Mauno Hyvönen(uncredited)
Daria Karpova(uncredited)
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