The Day the Earth Froze
1959/08/24 • Released • Finnish, Russian
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 Ptushko
Casts
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
Aleksandra Macheret
Olga Lenskaya
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