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.
Title | The Day the Earth Froze |
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Year | 1959 |
Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
Country | Finland, Soviet Union |
Studio | Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi |
Cast | Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi, Vladimir Boriskin |
Crew | Grigori Yagdfeld (Writer), Igor Morozov (Original Music Composer), Gleb Kuznetsov (Producer), Risto Orko (Producer), Viktor Vitkovich (Writer), Aleksandr Ptushko (Director) |
Keyword | witch, based on novel or book, darkness, mill, based on myths, legends or folklore, finnish mythology, kalevala (finnish national epic) |
Release | Aug 24, 1959 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.20 / 10 by 24 users |
Popularity | 3 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | suomi, Pусский |