The Wizard of the Emerald City (TV series)

The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города) is a 10-part stop-motion adaptation of the first book of the same name in the Magic Land series by Alexander Volkov. Produced by the Ekran television studio, It is believed to have aired from around December 1973 to September 1974 and if records are correct, each episode was only released once a month on the 10th.

Episodes

Rough translation from Russian:

1. Ellie in Magic Land
2. The Yellow Brick Road
3. The Emerald City
4. The Kingdom of Bastinda
5. Exposing the Great and Terrible
6. The Secret of the Witch Gingema
7. The Old Sailor’s Ship
8. Garden Soldiers
9. The Mysterious Cave
10. Ellie reunites with her Friends

Cast

Translated from the Russian Wikipedia page:

• Klara Rumyanova as Ellie (episodes 1 to 4 & 6 to 10)
  • Olga Gromova as Ellie (episode 5)
• Agar Vlasova as Totoshka
• Roman Tkachuk as Scarecrow
• Garri Bardin as The Tin Woodman (episodes 1 to 3 & 5 to 10; credited as V. Bardin (В. Бардин) in episode 3)
  • Spartak Mishulin as The Tin Woodman (episode 5)
• Vladimir Ferapontov as Lion (episodes 2 to 4)
  • Leonid Kanevskiy as Lion (episode 5)
  • Rogvold Sukhoverko as Lion (episodes 8 to 10)
• Rogvold Sukhoverko as Saber-Toothed Tiger / Guard
• Zinoviy Gerdt as Goodwin (episode 3)
  • Valeriy Zolotukhin as Goodwin (episode 5)
• Emilija Milton as Gingema
• Veniamin Smekhov as Bastinda
• Sergey Tseyts as Urfin Jus (episodes 6 & 8 to 10)
  • Anatoli Baranzew as Urfin Jus (episode 7)
• Anatoli Baranzew as Owl Guamoco

External Links

• IMDB Listing

Television Shows, Specials and Episodes
TV Series	Adventures in Oz with Cheryl (1999) • Lost in Oz (2002) • Tin Man (2007) • La Maga (2008) • Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2011) • Emerald City (2017)
Animated Series and Specials	Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) • Return to Oz (1964) • Dorothy in the Land of Oz (1980) • In the Magical Land of Oz (1983) • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986) • Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) • The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1990) • The Wizard of Oz (1990) • The Oz Kids (1996) • Adventures in the Emerald City (1999) • Marchen Awakens Romance (2007) • Lost in Oz (2015-2018) • Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz (2017-2020)
Guest Appearances	Shirley Temple's Storybook Theater: "The Land of Oz" (1960) • Once Upon a Time (2011-2018) • Supernatural (2013-2015)
Pastiches, parodies, etc	Manga Fairy Tales of the World: The Wizard of Oz (1978) • The All-New Popeye Hour: "Beyond the Spinach Brick Road" (1980) • The World's Greatest SuperFriends: "The Planet of Oz" (1980) • Scooby-Doo (1981-present) • Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater: "The Wizard of Paws" (1987) • Beetlejuice: "Wizard of Ooze" (1991) • The Pink Panther: "The Detective of Oz" (1993) • Marsupalami: "The Wizard of Mars" (1993)• Animaniacs: "Buttons in Ows" (1995) • Earthworm Jim: "Wizard of Ooze" (1996) • Rugrats: "No Place Like Home" (1999) • MadTV (2000-2004) • Futurama: "Anthology of Interest II" (2002) • That's So Raven (2003-2006) • Phineas and Ferb: "Wizard of Odd" (2010) • Dora the Explorer: "Book Explorers" (2012) • The Fresh Beat Band: "The Wizard of Song" (2012) • Victorious: "April Fools' Blank" (2012) • "Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Brick Road" (2012) • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: "Minnie's Wizard of Dizz" (2013) • Dino Dan/Trek's Adventures: "The Wonderful Wizard of Dinoz" (2014) • Black Dynamite: "The Wizard of Watts" (2015) • Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn: "The Wonderful Wizard of Quads" (2017) • Batwheels: "The Wizard of Bats" (2024) • Yuki and Friends: "The Wizard of Phonics" (TBA)
Reality TV	Project Runway (2004) • America's Got Talent (2006 – present) • Face Off (2011)
Shorts and others	Beef Ravioli commercials (2006) • Unknown, Lost, or non-English Adaptations