The Day the Earth Froze

Nan
1h 30m
1959
4.5 /10 (26)

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

Overview

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.

Country : Finland, Soviet Union
Languages : suomi, Pусский
Released Date: 1959-08-24

Top Billed Cast

Andris 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

Georgi Millyar

Sorcerer

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Marvin Miller

Narrator

Viktor Uralsky

Sylva Rossi

Anneli Haahdenmaa

Annikki (voice)

Alice Lyly

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