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Finnish hero Lemminkäinen woos the fair damsel [[Love Interests|Annikki]], but an [[Wicked Witch|evil witch]] named Louhi kidnaps [[Distressed Damsel in Distress|Annikki]] in order to compel her brother Ilmarinen the blacksmith to build a Sampo (a magical mill that cranks out riches). Lemminkäinen and Ilmarinen travel to the witch's lair to rescue the maiden, but Louhi demands them to complete several tasks, including the construction of a Sampo. After Ilmarinen builds the Sampo, he and Annikki leave Lemminkäinen behind while he tries and fails to get the Sampo from Louhi [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|and destroys it]]. When Lemminkäinen returns home, he and Annikki get married; the mood is offset, however, when news of the Sampo's destruction arrives.
 
Lemminkäinen's attempt to steal the Sampo has angered Louhi, so she steals the sun, [[The Night That Never Ends|plunging the world into frozen darkness]]. Lemminkäinen's village bands together to bombard the witch with the music of sacred harps, which [[Taken for Granite|turns her to stone]]. Lemminkäinen releases the sun and [[Happily Ever After|everyone rejoices]]!
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The film was originally called ''Sampo'' and it was released in 1959. The film was produced as a Finnish/Soviet co-production and it was directed by famous Russian director of fantasy films, Aleksandr Ptushko (of ''[[The Sword and The Dragon]]'' fame). It was filmed in Ukraine, Finland and Russia and starred actors from Finland and different parts of the Soviet Union.
 
Not to be confused with ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''.
 
For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S04 /E22 The Day the Earth Froze|episode recap page]].
 
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* [[Bishounen]]: Damn, Lemminkäinen is pretty.
* [[Black Cloak]]: Louhi's trademark, but Lemminkäinen's mother wears one as well (maybe not regularly though, since she was in mourning believing her son was dead).
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: Annikki
* [[Executive Meddling]]: As was typical in this era the cast and credit names are anglicized to obscure the films’ foreign origins. The only one accurately credited is the story's author - Elias Lönnrot - and they even removed the umlauts from his name!
* [[Ghibli Hills]]: Before the Sampo is taken away and after it returns, the scenery is quite idyllic.
* [[Impossible Task]]: Louhi demands that Lemminkäinen plow a field filled with [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|thousands of snakes]].
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