The Day the Earth Froze
1959/08/24 (US) | Adventure, Fantasy
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
Director
Lead Cast
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Andris Ošiņš
Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi
Annikki
Anna Orochko
Louhi
Ivan Voronov
Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi
Väinämöinen
Vladimir Boriskin
Ada Vojtsik
Mother of Lemminkäinen
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Budget
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Revenue
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Status
Released
Production Company
- Mosfilm
- Suomi-Filmi
Crews
Gleb Kuznetsov
Producer
Viktor Vitkovich
Writer
Grigori Yagdfeld
Writer
Risto Orko
Producer
Igor Morozov
Original Music Composer
Elias Lönnrot
Novel
Gennadi Tsekavyi
Director of Photography