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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

19737.91h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by Leonid Gaidai
Written by Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai
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Top Cast

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, building superintendent

Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

Film Director Yakin

Vladimir Etush

Vladimir Etush

Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist

Savely Kramarov

Savely Kramarov

Feofan the diak

Natalya Krachkovskaya

Natalya Krachkovskaya

Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife

Natalya Seleznyova

Natalya Seleznyova

Zinaida, Shurik's wife

Sergei Filippov

Sergei Filippov

Swedish Ambassador

Natalya Kustinskaya

Natalya Kustinskaya

Yakin's mistress

Themes & Keywords

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About Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession is a comedy, science fiction film released in 1973 exploring themes of time machine, hilarious. Directed by Leonid Gaidai, it stars Aleksandr Demyanenko, Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov. 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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