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.

• DirectorAleksandr Ptushko
• Release24 August 1959
• Genre
  Adventure / Fantasy
• Duration1h 30m
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  4.4
  25 reviews
• Productions

  Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi