The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze

The Day the Earth Froze

(1959)
4.2/10
24 votes
1h 30m
August 24, 1959
"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.