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The Wizard of the Emerald City, Part I

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2025 | 104 min | Fantasy, Family, Adventure

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and families. If you loved Peter Pan, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 44 min.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    Mixed reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerSolid

    $42 million worldwide on a $9 million budget

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 29K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Igor Voloshin

  • Ekaterina ChervovaElli
  • Yuri KolokolnikovZheleznyy Drovosek
  • Artur VakhaTruslivyy Lev (voice)
  • Svetlana KhodchenkovaBastinda
  • Vasilina MakovtsevaGingema
  • Dmitry ChebotarevUrfin Dzhyus
  • Sergey EpishevLyudoyed
  • Denis VlasenkoTotoshka (voice)
  • Egor KoreshkovPapa Elli
  • Sofia LebedevaMama Elli