The Day the Earth Froze 1959
"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.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast
Andris Ošiņš
Lemminkäinen
Eve Kivi
Annikki
Anna Orochko
Louhi
Ivan Voronov
Ilmarinen
Urho Somersalmi
Väinämöinen
Vladimir Boriskin
Ada Vojtsik
Mother of Lemminkäinen
Anatoliy Barantsev
Valentin Bryleev
Georgi Millyar
Sorcerer
