The Day the Earth Froze

Aug 24, 1959

1h 30m

★ 4.5

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

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.

Genres

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Suomi-Filmi

The Day the Earth Froze Trailers

Cast

Lemminkäinen

Andris Ošiņš

Annikki

Eve Kivi

Louhi

Anna Orochko

Ilmarinen

Ivan Voronov

Väinämöinen

Urho Somersalmi

Vladimir Boriskin

Mother of Lemminkäinen

Ada Vojtsik

Anatoliy Barantsev

Valentin Bryleev

Sorcerer

Georgi Millyar

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Narrator

Marvin Miller

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