The Day the Earth Froze
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1959-08-24
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Writer: Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld
Spoken language: suomi, Pусский
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Original title: The Day the Earth Froze
Production Companies: Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
Production Countries: Finland, Soviet Union
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