> >> The Finns *have* made at least two attempts to film portions of
> >> Kalevala. The first, "Sampo" was made in the late 50s.
> >
> >This is actually a collaboration of Finns & Soviets and quite a
> >comical one, too. Not to mention awkward and pompous (from what I've
> >read about it, haven't seen).
>
> I think I've seen it. Dubbed into English with a bizarre "frame"
> about a little boy in Western US who has a dream in a library -- some
> library! Anyway, if it's the same movie, it is a puzzling blend of pompous
> action and ill-considered comedy. Definitely Mystery Science Theater 3000
> stuff....
It *was* MSTed. Experiment #422 - The Day the Earth Froze.
http://www.mst3kinfo.com/daddyo/di_422.html
RR