


“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.
Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Writers
Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld
Release Date
August 24, 1959
Runtime
1h 30m
Status
Released
Original Language
fi
Vote Count
26

