TMDb Rating
4.5/10
26 verified votes
The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
AdventureFantasy
90 min
"The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced"
Plot Summary
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.
Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Top Cast
Andris OšiņšEve KiviAnna OrochkoIvan VoronovUrho Somersalmi
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