The Day the Earth Froze 1959
4.20/10 by 24 users
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.
- Title: The Day the Earth Froze
- Year: 1959
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Country: Finland, Soviet Union
- Studio: Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
- Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
- Cast: Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi, Vladimir Boriskin
- Crew: Viktor Vitkovich (Writer), Grigori Yagdfeld (Writer), Gleb Kuznetsov (Producer), Risto Orko (Producer), Igor V. Morozov (Original Music Composer), Aleksandr Ptushko (Director)
- Keyword: witch, based on novel or book, darkness, mill, based on myths, legends or folklore, finnish mythology, kalevala (finnish national epic)
- Release: Aug 24, 1959
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- IMDb: 4.20 / 10 by 24 users
- Popularity: 2
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: suomi, Pусский
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