The Day the Earth Froze 1959
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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.
- Released: 1959-08-24
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Stars: Andris Oshin, Eve Kivi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi
- Director: Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld, Gleb Kuznetsov, Risto Orko, Igor V. Morozov
