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The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I

The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I

20257.31h 44m

Overview

Ellie lives in a distant city. One day, the evil witch Gingema conjured a hurricane that took Ellie and her dog Totoshka to the country of the Munchkins. To return home, Ellie and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion will set off along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in search of the Wizard who will grant their cherished wishes.

Directed by Igor Voloshin
Written by Aleksandr Volkov, Roman Nepomnyashchiy, Timofey Dekin
Produced by Petr Anurov, Vadim Vereshchagin, Leonid Vereshchagin
Box OfficeBudget: $9.1MRevenue: $42.2M

Top Cast

Ekaterina Chervova

Ekaterina Chervova

Elli

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Zheleznyy Drovosek

Artur Vakha

Artur Vakha

Truslivyy Lev (voice)

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Bastinda

Vasilina Makovtseva

Vasilina Makovtseva

Gingema

Dmitry Chebotarev

Dmitry Chebotarev

Urfin Dzhyus

Sergey Epishev

Sergey Epishev

Lyudoyed

Denis Vlasenko

Denis Vlasenko

Totoshka (voice)

Egor Koreshkov

Egor Koreshkov

Papa Elli

Sofia Lebedeva

Sofia Lebedeva

Mama Elli

Themes & Keywords

fairy talebased on children's bookfantasy adventure

About The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I

The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I is a fantasy, family, adventure film released in 2025 exploring themes of fairy tale, based on children's book, fantasy adventure. Directed by Igor Voloshin, it stars Ekaterina Chervova, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Artur Vakha. Ellie lives in a distant city. One day, the evil witch Gingema conjured a hurricane that took Ellie and her dog Totoshka to the country of the Munchkins. To return home, Ellie and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion will set off along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in search of the Wizard who will grant their cherished wishes.

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