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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
SU
Genres:
Adventure, Fantasy
Release:
August 1959
Production:
Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
Cast:
Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi, Vladimir Boriskin, Ada Vojtsik, Anatoliy Barantsev, Valentin Bryleev, Georgi Millyar, Mikhail Troyanovsky, Marvin Miller, Viktor Uralsky, Sylva Rossi, Anneli Haahdenmaa, Alice Lyly
Tags:
witch, based on novel or book, darkness, mill, based on myths, legends or folklore, finnish mythology, kalevala (finnish national epic)
