The Day the Earth Froze(1959)
“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.
Director
Aleksandr PtushkoProducers
Trailer
Cast
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
Aleksandra Macheret
Olga Lenskaya
Crew
Details
Original Title
Sampo
Original Language
fi
Country
Finland, Soviet Union
Production
Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
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