Fantastic Journey to OZ | |
Director: | Vladimir Toropchin Fyodor Dmitriev Darina Schmidt |
Producer: | Sergei Selyanov Anton Zlatopolskiy Aleksandr Boyarsky |
Screenplay: | Aleksandr Boyarsky |
Based On: | Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers by Alexander Volkov |
Starring: | Konstantin Khabensky Dmitri Dyuzhev Sergey Shnurov |
Music: | Mikhail Chertischev |
Editing: | Sergei Glezin |
Studio: | Melnitsa Animation Studio CTB |
Country: | Russia |
Distributor: | Russia-1 |
Language: | Russian |
Runtime: | 75 minutes |
Fantastic Journey to OZ (ru|Урфин Джюс и его деревянные солдаты|Urfin Jus i ego derevyannye soldaty,) is a 2017 Russian animated film based on the novel Urfin Jus and his Wooden Soldiers by Alexander Volkov.[1]
The film was directed by Vladimir Toropchin, Fyodor Dmitriev and Darina Schmidt. It is the first animated film from Melnitsa Animation Studio made using computer animation.[2]
The premiere took place on 20 April 2017.[3] [4]
The envious and power-hungry Urfin Jus wants to become the ruler of Magic Land. He brings the wooden soldiers to life with a magic powder and goes with them to conquer the Emerald City. He is already preparing to celebrate the victory, but in the Magic Land there is also a little girl named Ellie. She wants to go home, but first she needs to help her friends Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion to defeat Urfin Jus and his army.
Fantastic Return to Oz: a 2019 Russian computer animated film.