
The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
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.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Actors: Ada Vojtsik, Anatoliy Barantsev, Andris Ošiņš, Anna Orochko, Eve Kivi, Georgi Millyar, Ivan Voronov, Urho Somersalmi, Valentin Bryleev, Vladimir Boriskin
Country: Finland, Soviet Union