Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.

Cast

Aleksandr Demyanenko

as Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Yuriy Yakovlev

as Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky

Savely Kramarov

as Feofan the diak

Natalya Seleznyova

as Zinaida, Shurik's wife

Natalya Krachkovskaya

as Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife

Natalya Kustinskaya

as Yakin's mistress

Vladimir Etush

as Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist

Mikhail Pugovkin

as film director Yakin

Sergei Filippov

as swedish ambassador

Reviews

deepkino

The film is praised for its manic and fast-paced energy, as well as its unique blend of slapstick and clever humor. It is considered an example of how comedy can thrive and even contain subtle social commentary under a repressive regime. The use of physical comedy, sped-up chase scenes, and goofy mu...

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