The Day the Earth Froze

Name: The Day the Earth Froze
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1959-08-24
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 4.552
Cast: Andris Ošiņš, Eve Kivi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi

Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko

Adventure

Fantasy

19591h 30m4.6

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.