1959
4.4 (25 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Adventure
Fantasy
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Suomi-Filmi
Suomi-Filmi
The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo)
The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Grigori Yagdfeld, Viktor Vitkovich
Producer: Gleb Kuznetsov, Risto Orko
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Director of Photography: Gennadi Tsekavyi, Viktor Yakushev
Top Cast
Videos
SAMPO (1959) Restored Trailer
Sampo (1959) Trailer [HD]
