The Sampo (1959) 1/6

The story of the Sampo, the magical object that produces riches, from a Finnish-Soviet movie from 1959 (=BASICALLY THE FIRST PART OF THE MOVIE, with some abbreviations). The story is based on the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala, that was used as an inspiration for J. R. R. Tolkien among others.

Notice that almost all the characters have some sort of magic or act as shamans. And unlike the women in The Lord of the Rings, the women of the Kalevala also have very strong personality, like Louhi, the sorceress of the Pohyola ('The North-Country'). Pohyola may be thought of as a real place in the north or as a world in a totally different reality.

The dialoge is on meter, like in the Kalevala, but the ENGLISH TRANSLATION is a shortened prose version.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Suomi
• Finland
• Kalevala
• Sampo
• old
• movie
• film
• legend
• mythology
• Väinämöinen
• shaman
• shamanism
• magic
• magical
• Tolkien
• LOTR
• Finnish
• national
• epic
• Finnland
• iron
• age

[mmeternal]

Wow I had no idea!!!

Wonderous world :) Thank You everso for sharing.

[humppaporo1]

Kiitokset videoista!

[Karpaneen]

It's Pohjola not Pohyola.

[default1976]

I must say that I am angry that I have never seen this film. Why is this not better known in Finland? Does this give too positive image about our eastern neighbor?

[default1976]

I newer knew that a film like this existed. This is invaluable! My ancestors came from this world. One of them is still alive.

[katiebird53]

Saw this yearssss ago, probably late nite PBS & loved it. Happy to see it again.

Special effects today could take a big lesson from this wonderfully staged story.

Best Wishes, Katie

[IcyViking]

@cathrynm to much Koskenkorva ;D

[Metalguyz]

@TheKenraali11

That's wierd and very cool if you ask me!!! :)

[Francesca5000]

These movies rock

[TheKenraali11]

hei mun nimi on sampo O_o

[cathrynm]

What's with the bear at 4:56?

[MySHCH]

This version has lots of cuttings and abridges.