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The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze

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The Day the Earth Froze

NR·1959·90m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Aleksandr Ptushko

Novel

Elias Lönnrot

Writer

Viktor Vitkovich

Writer

Grigori Yagdfeld

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Finnish

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Keywords

witch
based on novel or book
darkness
mill
based on myths, legends or folklore
finnish mythology
kalevala (finnish national epic)