

The Day the Earth Froze
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1959-08-24 • 1h 30m
The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced
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.
- Directors
- Aleksandr Ptushko
- Writters
- Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld

The Day the Earth Froze
Visit website1959-08-24 • 1h 30m
4.2/10 • 24
The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced
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.
- Directors
- Aleksandr Ptushko
- Writters
- Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsAndris Ošiņš
Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi
Annikki
Anna Orochko
Louhi
Ivan Voronov
Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi
Väinämöinen
Vladimir Boriskin
Ada Vojtsik
Mother of Lemminkäinen
Anatoliy Barantsev
Valentin Bryleev
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- Keywords
- witchbased on novel or bookdarknessmillbased on myths, legends or folklorefinnish mythologykalevala (finnish national epic)