The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze

The Day the Earth Froze

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

4.5(26 votes)
1959
1h 30m
Adventure
Fantasy

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.

Production

Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi

Cast

Andris Ošiņš

Andris Ošiņš

Lemminkäinen

Eve Kivi

Eve Kivi

Annikki

Anna Orochko

Anna Orochko

Louhi

Ivan Voronov

Ivan Voronov

Ilmarinen

Urho Somersalmi

Urho Somersalmi

Väinämöinen

Vladimir Boriskin

Vladimir Boriskin

Ada Vojtsik

Ada Vojtsik

Mother of Lemminkäinen

Anatoliy Barantsev

Anatoliy Barantsev

Valentin Bryleev

Valentin Bryleev

Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

Sorcerer

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