The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced
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.
- Release Date: 1959-08-24
- Runtime: 1h 30min
- Production Company: Mosfilm
- Production Country: Finland, Soviet Union
- Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
