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The Wizard of Oz
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Release dates for
 The Wizard of Oz (1939) More at IMDbPro »

CountryDate
USA 12 August 1939 (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) (premiere)
USA 15 August 1939 (Hollywood, California)
USA 17 August 1939 (New York City, New York)
USA 25 August 1939
Brazil 18 September 1939
UK November 1939
Argentina 17 November 1939
Mexico 1 January 1940
Sweden 2 January 1940
Estonia 18 March 1940
Hungary 21 March 1940
Denmark 26 March 1940
Ireland 9 April 1940
Australia 18 April 1940
Portugal 13 December 1940
Finland 21 November 1943
Spain 1 March 1945
France 26 June 1946
Belgium 8 August 1946
Netherlands 8 August 1946
Hong Kong 6 February 1947
Italy 4 December 1947
USA April 1949 (limited) (re-release)
USA June 1949 (re-release)
Austria 6 October 1950
West Germany 19 April 1951
India 6 January 1952
Philippines 15 January 1953 (Davao)
Japan 25 December 1954
USA 17 June 1955 (re-release)
Portugal 3 April 1981 (re-release)
Finland 3 December 1988 (re-release)
USA 6 November 1998 (re-mastered version)
France 15 December 1999 (re-release)
Norway 30 April 2002 (Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival)
Germany 10 March 2005 (re-release)
Hong Kong 17 July 2005 (Hong Kong International Children's Film Festival)
France 7 September 2005 (Deauville Festival of American Cinema) (digitally re-mastered version) (premiere)
Ireland 7 November 2005 (DVD) (Collector's Edition)
UK 7 November 2005 (DVD) (Collector's Edition)
UK 15 December 2006 (re-release)
USA 26 September 2009 (New York Film Festival)
Canada 7 February 2010 (Digital Film Festival)
Canada 16 March 2011 (Cineplex Classic Film Series)
Taiwan 4 April 2011 (Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival)
Netherlands 1 December 2011 (restored version)

Also Known As (AKA)
El mago de Oz Argentina (imdb display title) / Colombia (imdb display title) / Mexico (imdb display title) / Peru (imdb display title) / Spain (imdb display title)
Čarobnjak iz Oza Croatia / Serbia
Волшебник страны Оз Russia / Soviet Union (Russian title)
Carobnjak iz Oza Yugoslavia (imdb display title) (Croatian title) / Yugoslavia (Serbian title)
Das zauberhafte Land Austria / West Germany
Le magicien d'Oz Canada (French title) / France
Trollkarlen från Oz Finland (imdb display title) (Swedish title) / Sweden
Ο Μάγος του Οζ Greece
Магьосникът от Оз Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
Óz, a csodák csodája Hungary
Carodej ze zeme Oz Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
Czarnoksieznik z Oz Poland (imdb display title)
Der Hexer von Oz Austria
Der Zauberer von Oz West Germany (imdb display title)
Ha-Kossem M'Eretz Ootz Israel (Hebrew title)
Ihmemaa Oz Finland
Il mago di Oz Italy
O Feiticeiro de Oz Portugal
O Mágico de Oz Brazil (imdb display title)
O magos tou Oz Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Oz büyücüsü Turkey (Turkish title)
Ozu no mahôtsukai Japan
Troldmanden fra Oz Denmark
Trollmannen fra Oz Norway
Võlur Oz Estonia (imdb display title)
Vrajitorul din Oz Romania (imdb display title)

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