Igor VOLOSHIN
Игорь ВОЛОШИН
Igor VOLOCHINE
Russia, 2024, 104mn 
fiction
The Wizard of the Emerald City. Yellow Brick Road
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Волшебник Изумрудного города. Дорога из желтого кирпича

 

 Le Magicien de la Ville d'émeraude. La Route de briques jaunes

 Volshebnik Izumrudnogo goroda. Doroga iz zheltogo kirpicha

 
Directed by : Igor VOLOSHIN (Игорь ВОЛОШИН)
Writing credits : Timofey DEKIN (Тимофей ДЕКИН), Roman NEPOMNYASHCHY (Роман НЕПОМНЯЩИЙ)
Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Alexander Volkov
 
Cast
Yekaterina CHERVOVA (Екатерина ЧЕРВОВА) ...Elli
Yuri KOLOKOLNIKOV (Юрий КОЛОКОЛЬНИКОВ) ...Zheleznyy Drovosek
Artur VAKHA (Артур ВАХА)
Svetlana KHODCHENKOVA (Светлана ХОДЧЕНКОВА)
Vasilina MAKOVTSEVA (Василина МАКОВЦЕВА)
Dmitry CHEBOTARYOV (Дмитрий ЧЕБОТАРЕВ)
Sergey EPISHEV (Сергей ЕПИШЕВ)
 
Cinematography : Mikhail MILASHIN (Михаил МИЛАШИН)
Production design : Sergey AGIN (Сергей АГИН)
Produced by : Piotr ANUROV (Пётр АНУРОВ), Aleksandr_2 GOROKHOV (Александр_2 ГОРОХОВ), Vadim VERESHCHAGIN (Вадим ВЕРЕЩАГИН)
Production : Central Partnership, Trite, Kinoslovo
Film revenue in Russia : 42.98147 million dollars
Spectators : 7 361 504
Release date in Russia : 01/01/2025
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb
Awards :
Best Set Decoration Sergey AGIN , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2026
Plot synopsis
A girl named Ellie lives in a distant city. One day, the evil witch Gingema conjured a hurricane that carried Ellie and her dog Totoshka to the country of Munchkins. To return home, Ellie, along with her friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion - will travel along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in search of a Wizard who will make their deepest wishes come true.
 
Commentaries
Побег от реальности. Антон Долин о новом российском кино [Échapper à la réalité. Anton Doline sur le nouveau cinéma russe], Anton DOLIN, YouTube, 2025
Igor’ Voloshin: The Wizard of Emerald City (Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda. Doroga iz zheltogo kirpicha, 2024), Laura TODD, Kinokultura, 2025
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2026
- Movie Night, Different cities (Russia), 2025
- Young Russian Cinema Festival NEW MOVEMENT, Veliky Novgorod (Russia), 2025
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2025
- Film and Literature Festival "Chitka", Moscow (Russia), 2023
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