The Day the Earth Froze (movie)
Sampo- User score: 4.2
- Production country: Finland, Soviet Union
- Producer: Aleksandr Ptushko
- Production companies: Mosfilm, Suomi-Filmi
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Release date: 8/24/1959
- Run time: 90 min.
Movie description
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.
