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The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze

The Day the Earth Froze

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

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AdventureFantasy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

4.2/10

Release Date

24 August 1959

Country

Finland

Cast

Andris Ošiņš

Andris Ošiņš

Lemminkäinen

Eve Kivi

Eve Kivi

Annikki

Anna Orochko

Anna Orochko

Louhi

Ivan Voronov

Ivan Voronov

Ilmarinen

Urho Somersalmi

Urho Somersalmi

Väinämöinen

Vladimir Boriskin

Vladimir Boriskin

Ada Vojtsik

Ada Vojtsik

Mother of Lemminkäinen

Anatoliy Barantsev

Anatoliy Barantsev

Valentin Bryleev

Valentin Bryleev

Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

Sorcerer

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Marvin Miller

Marvin Miller

Narrator

Viktor Uralsky

Viktor Uralsky

Sylva Rossi

Sylva Rossi

Anneli Haahdenmaa

Anneli Haahdenmaa

Annikki (voice)

Alice Lyly

Alice Lyly

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