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The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze
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The Day the Earth Froze

Original Title: Sampo

1959
1h 30m
Adventure
Fantasy

Status

Released

Release

1959

Runtime

1h 30m

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Storyline

"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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Aug 24, 1959
Languages
Finnish
Russian
Director
Aleksandr Ptushko
Aleksandr Ptushko
Production
Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Suomi-Filmi
Suomi-Filmi
Production Countries
Finland
Soviet Union

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

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

Anneli Haahdenmaa

Annikki (voice)

Alice Lyly

Aleksandra Macheret

Aleksandra Macheret

Olga Lenskaya

Olga Lenskaya

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