Name: Adventures in the Emerald City: The Mystery of the Great Wizard
Director: Aleksandr Makarov
Genre: Animation
Released: 1999-01-02
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Mikhail Boyarskiy, Yuliya Bochanova, Vadim Gushchin, Era Ziganshina, Tatyana Mikhalevkina

The Wizard demands murder in 26 minutes of Russian chaos.

Soviet fever dreamOz by way of vodkaBargain-bin animation

Overview

Animation

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

RU Russian

Content warning

Standout Aspects

Production

Apparently animated by someone having a very specific breakdown.

Best for:Friends·Background

Heads up:Violence

Director

Aleksandr Makarov

ReleasedJan 2, 1999

Runtime26m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonemixed

Feellight

Top Cast

Mikhail Boyarskiy

Vadim Gushchin

Era Ziganshina

Tatyana Mikhalevkina

Geliy Sysoev

Yan Tsapnik

Elena Shulman

Anatoli Petrov

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This 1999 Russian animated short is part of a bizarre unofficial Oz franchise that existed because L. Frank Baum's work entered public domain early in Russia.

Trivia

Mikhail Boyarskiy, who voices here, is a Soviet/Russian pop legend—imagine if Elvis narrated a cartoon about child contract killing.