Adventures in the Emerald City: The Mystery of the Great Wizard

1999 0h 26m RU

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★6.0TMDB · 1

Animation

Synopsis

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Dolly and her friends meet the Wizard of Oz and are tasked with killing the Wicked Witch of the West.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mikhail Boyarskiy
Yuliya Bochanova
Vadim Gushchin
Era Ziganshina
Tatyana Mikhalevkina
Geliy Sysoev
Yan Tsapnik
Elena Shulman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksandr Makarov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "Adventures in the Emerald City" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksandr Makarov, shot by Vladimir Golounin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Oleg Belyayev shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mikhail Boyarskiy and Yuliya Bochanova and Vadim Gushchin carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6479048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksandr Makarov directs. Vladimir Golounin behind the camera. Oleg Belyayev cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

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1Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Adventures in the Emerald City" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Aleksandr Makarov, shot by Vladimir Golounin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Oleg Belyayev shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mikhail Boyarskiy and Yuliya Bochanova and Vadim Gushchin carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt6479048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Vladimir Golounin
Editing: Oleg Belyayev
Runtime: 26 min · 0h 26m
Status: Released
Original language: RU
IMDB: Adventures in the Emerald City: The Mystery of the Great Wizard (1999)