The Day the Earth Froze (1959)

"The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced"

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.

Aleksandr Ptushko 90 min Finland

DirectorAleksandr Ptushko

CastAndris Ošiņš, Anna Orochko, Eve Kivi, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi, Vladimir Boriskin

CountryFinland

Duration90 min