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
- Grigori Yagdfeld, Viktor Vitkovich
Themesbased on myths, legends or folklorebased on novel or bookdarknessfinnish mythologykalevala (finnish national epic)
