Sampo (Russian: Сампо) is a 1959 Soviet–Finnish fantasy film based loosely on the events depicted in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. In the United States, it was released in an edited version, The Day the Earth Froze, by American International Pictures as a double feature with Conquered City.[2][3] This version was later featured in a 1993 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.[4][5]
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 creator of salt, grain, and gold. When our hero fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness. Would go on to be featured during the fourth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, in an English dub/edit known as The Day the Earth Froze. Link video (IN FINNISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES):
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| Based on | Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot |
| Produced by | Risto Orko |
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| Cinematography | Gennadi Tsekavyj |
| Edited by | I. Rostovtsev |
| Music by | Igor Morozov |
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