The Day the Earth Froze (1964)

  • NR
  • 04/01/1964 (US)
  • Adventure, Fantasy
  • 1h 30m

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.

Viktor Vitkovich

Writer

Grigori Yagdfeld

Writer

Aleksandr Ptushko

Director

Elias Lönnrot

Novel

Cast

Andris Oshin's headshot

Andris Oshin

Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi's headshot

Eve Kivi

Annikki
Anna Orochko's headshot

Anna Orochko

Louhi
Ivan Voronov's headshot

Ivan Voronov

Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi's headshot

Urho Somersalmi

Väinämöinen
Vladimir Boriskin's headshot

Vladimir Boriskin

Ada Vojtsik's headshot

Ada Vojtsik

Mother of Lemminkäinen
Anatoliy Barantsev's headshot

Anatoliy Barantsev

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