The Day the Earth Froze

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.

  • Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1959-08-24
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Country: Finland, Soviet Union
  • Language: Finnish, Russian
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 4.4
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