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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

1973-09-17 · 88 min · ★ 7.9

Comedy · Science Fiction

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.

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Directors
Leonid Gaidai
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Aleksandr DemyanenkoAleksandr DemyanenkoAleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor
Yuriy YakovlevYuriy YakovlevIvan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha
Leonid KuravlyovLeonid KuravlyovZhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Savely KramarovSavely KramarovFeofan the diak
Natalya SeleznyovaNatalya SeleznyovaZinaida, Shurik's wife
Natalya KrachkovskayaNatalya KrachkovskayaUliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife
Natalya KustinskayaNatalya KustinskayaYakin's mistress
Vladimir EtushVladimir EtushAnton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist
Mikhail PugovkinMikhail Pugovkinfilm director Yakin
Sergei FilippovSergei Filippovswedish ambassador
Eduard BredunEduard Bredunradio goods speculator
Aleksandr VigdorovAleksandr Vigdorovarcher
Valentin GrachyovValentin Grachyovarcher
Natalya GurzoNatalya Gurzodental nurse
Ivan ZhevagoIvan Zhevagodoctor
Anatoliy KalabulinAnatoliy Kalabulinarcher
Nina MaslovaNina MaslovaMarfa Vasilyevna
Anatoliy PodshivalovAnatoliy Podshivalovpolice lieutenant
Viktor UralskyViktor Uralskypolice sergeant major
Viktor ShulginViktor Shulginboyar

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