Sampo (film)

Sampo
Soviet theatrical poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Väinö Kaukonen
  • Viktor Vitkovich
  • Grigori Yagdfeld
Based onKalevala
by Elias Lönnrot
Produced byRisto Orko
Starring
CinematographyGennadi Tsekavyj
Edited byI. Rostovtsev
Music byIgor Morozov
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 24 August 1959 (1959-08-24) (Soviet Union)[1]
  • 16 October 1959 (1959-10-16) (Finland)
  • April 1964 (1964-04) (United States)
Running time
  • 91 minutes (original)
  • 67 minutes (US version)
Countries
  • Soviet Union
  • Finland
Languages
  • Russian
  • Finnish
  • English (US version)

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]

  1. ^ Сампо (1958). Kino-teatr.ru.
  2. ^ "Inventory of the Samuel Z. Arkoff Papers". www.oac.cdlib.org.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tfh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Mystery Science Theater 3000: our 15 favorite moments - Vox
  5. ^ A Study Guide for Elias Lonnrot's "Kalevala" - Google Books (pg. "Media Adaptations")