vintagegeekculture:Though a fantastical Soviet production based on Finnish legend with witches and m
vintagegeekculture:Though a fantastical Soviet production based on Finnish legend with witches and magic, “Sampo” (1959) can best be seen as an example of that most distinctively Finn of all film genres, the “lumberjack movie,” a genre of he-men that can split logs with a single blow. Lumberjacks and logroller movies are the Finn equivalent of how, in the 1970s, there were all these movies about truck drivers: untamed, blue collar tough guys who’s lives have enviable freedom (at least seen from outside). “SAMPO!” -- source link