The Day the Earth Froze (1959)

08/24/1959 (FI) • 1h 30m

Adventure, Fantasy

The Most Chilling Terror Ever Experienced

Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

witch

based on novel or book

darkness

mill

based on myths, legends or folklore

finnish mythology

kalevala (finnish national epic)

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