Adventure ·Fantasy · Finland · 1959 · 1h 30m

The Day the Earth Froze

Sampo

The Day the Earth Froze poster
Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast
Andris Ošiņš as Lemminkäinen Eve Kivi as Annikki Anna Orochko as Louhi Ivan Voronov as Ilmarinen Urho Somersalmi as Väinämöinen Vladimir Boriskin as
Crew
Gennadi Tsekavyi — Director of Photography Viktor Yakushev — Director of Photography Igor Morozov — Original Music Composer Grigori Yagdfeld — Writer Viktor Vitkovich — Writer Elias Lönnrot — Novel
Tagline

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Day the Earth Froze — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
witchbased on novel or bookdarknessmillbased on myths, legends or folklorefinnish mythologykalevala (finnish national epic)
Key Collaborators
Aleksandr Ptushko Director Gennadi Tsekavyi Director of Photography Viktor Yakushev Director of Photography Igor Morozov Original Music Composer Grigori Yagdfeld Writer Viktor Vitkovich Writer Elias Lönnrot Novel Gleb Kuznetsov Producer Risto Orko Producer
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