The Day the Earth Froze

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.

RATING

4.2 / 10

RELEASE DATE

1959-08-24

DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Ptushko

RUNNING TIME

1h 30m

Budget: Unknown

Revenue: Unknown

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Actors

Eve Kivi

Annikki

Anna Orochko

Louhi

Ivan Voronov

Ilmarinen

Urho Somersalmi

Väinämöinen

Vladimir Boriskin

Unknown

Ada Vojtsik

Mother of Lemminkäinen

Anatoliy Barantsev

Unknown

Valentin Bryleev

Unknown

Georgi Millyar

Sorcerer