The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1959-08-24
Runtime: 90 minutes
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Top Cast
- Andris Ošiņš as Lemminkäinen
- Eve Kivi as Annikki
- Anna Orochko as Louhi
- Ivan Voronov as Ilmarinen
- Urho Somersalmi as Väinämöinen
- Vladimir Boriskin as
- Ada Vojtsik as Mother of Lemminkäinen
- Anatoliy Barantsev as
- Valentin Bryleev as
- Georgi Millyar as Sorcerer
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