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The Day the Earth Froze

Release Date:April 1, 1964

Running Time:90 min

Genres:Adventure, Fantasy

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Cast

Andris Ošiņš Eve Kivi Anna Orochko Ivan Voronov Urho Somersalmi Vladimir Boriskin Ada Vojtsik Anatoliy Barantsev Valentin Bryleev Georgi Millyar Mikhail Troyanovsky Marvin Miller

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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.

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