Movie

Sampo

1959 · 90 min

A earnest, mythic adventure with a storybook atmosphere, featuring strange magic and a battle between light and darkness.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Earnest, whimsical, dark and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, love, family, power
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
love
family
power
mystery
Places: fantasy world
countryside
sea
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none