The Day the Earth Froze (1964)

Movie"The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced"
Audience Score
42
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NR 1 hr 30 minApr 1st, 1964Adventure, Fantasy
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.
StarringAndris OshinEve KiviAnna Orochko
DirectorAleksandr Ptushko
WritersViktor VitkovichGrigori Yagdfeld

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 1st, 1964
Original Language:Finnish
Production Companies:Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookwitchbased on myths, legends or folkloredarknessmillfinnish mythologykalevala (finnish national epic)