“The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced”
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.
Aleksandr Ptushko
Gleb Kuznetsov
Risto Orko
Grigori Yagdfeld
Viktor Vitkovich
Gennadi Tsekavyi
Igor Morozov
Andris Ošiņš
Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi
Annikki
Anna Orochko
Louhi
Ivan Voronov
Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi
Väinämöinen
Vladimir Boriskin
Ada Vojtsik
Mother of Lemminkäinen
Anatoliy Barantsev
Valentin Bryleev
Georgi Millyar
Sorcerer
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Marvin Miller
Narrator
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The Day the Earth Froze (1964) / Sampo (1959) Three Versions of the Same Scene Shot Twice
Clip • YouTube
THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE (1964) American Cut and Dub Remastered Version of SAMPO (1959)
Featurette • YouTube
SAMPO (1959) Scenes (from German Dub) Deleted from the English THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE (1964)
Clip • YouTube
SAMPO (1959) Trims (from German Dub) Deleted from the English THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE (1964)
Clip • YouTube
SAMPO (1959) Footage Comparison CinemaScope to 1.33:1 to MST3K
Clip • YouTube
SAMPO (1959) Restored Trailer
Trailer • YouTube
Mosfilm
Suomi-Filmi