Fantastic Journey to OZ (Russian: Урфин Джюс и его деревянные солдаты, romanized: Urfin Jus i ego derevyannye soldaty, transl. Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers) is a 2017 Russian animated film based on the novel Urfin Jus and his Wooden Soldiers by Alexander Volkov.[1]
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| Directed by | Vladimir Toropchin Fyodor Dmitriev Darina Schmidt |
| Screenplay by | Aleksandr Boyarsky |
| Based on | Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers by Alexander Volkov |
| Produced by | Sergei Selyanov Anton Zlatopolskiy Aleksandr Boyarsky |
| Starring | Konstantin Khabensky Dmitri Dyuzhev Sergey Shnurov |
| Edited by | Sergei Glezin |
| Music by | Mikhail Chertischev |
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| Distributed by | Russia-1 |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
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]
Plot
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.
Cast
Russian Dub
- Konstantin Khabensky – Urfin Jus
- Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya – Ellie
- Sergey Shnurov – General Lan Pirot
- Dmitri Dyuzhev – Topotun the Bear
- Andrey Lyovin – Totoshka
- Yuliya Rudina – Eot Ling the Clown
- Sergey Dyachkov – Scarecrow
- Valery Solovyov – Tin Woodman
- Valery Kukhareshin – The Cowardly Lion
- Aleksandr Boyarsky – Ogre
- Dmitry Bykovsky-Romashov – Sabretooth Tiger
- Mikhail Chernyak – crow Kaggi-Karr
- Oleg Kulikovich – Ruf Bilan
English Dub
- Marc Thompson – Urfin Jus
- Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld - Ellie (as Dorothy)
- Tyler Bunch – General Lan Pirot, Ogre (credited as H.D. Quinn)
- Erica Schroeder - Totoshka, Grandma
- Haven Paschall - Eot Ling the Clown
- Billy Bob Thompson – Scarecrow
- Tom Wayland – Tin Woodman
- Mike Pollock – The Cowardly Lion, Ruf Bilan
- Kate Bristol - Crown
Accolade
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| Marbella International Film Festival | 9 July 2018 | Animation | Vladimir Toropchin | Nominated | [5] |
Sequels
Fantastic Return to Oz: a 2019 Russian computer animated film.
