The Day the Earth Froze

08/24/1959

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1hr 30min

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Adventure

,Fantasy

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Andris Oshin
  • Eve Kivi
  • Anna Orochko
  • Ivan Voronov
  • Urho Somersalmi

    Director

  • Aleksandr Ptushko

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mosfilm
  • Suomi-Filmi

    Production Countries

  • Finland
  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

  • Finnish
  • Russian

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