Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
A time-travel mishap swaps a Soviet apartment manager with Ivan the Terrible, stranding each in the wrong century.
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About the film
What it’s about
Inventor Timofeyev's time machine accidentally links his Moscow apartment to the tsar's chambers in the 16th century. The device sends two unintended passengers—building manager Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha and burglar Georges Miloslavsky—back to the court of Ivan the Terrible, while the tsar himself is pulled into 1973.
What hooks you
Its catalogue notes point out period inaccuracies, such as a Swedish ambassador speaking German.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who enjoy fast-paced farce built on mistaken identity and culture clash, and those who like time-travel comedies where historical figures face modern life.
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1973
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Russian, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Running time
- 1h 33min
- Age rating
- 12+
- World premiere
- Sep 17, 1973
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 1,265 votesCreative team
All 11-
01
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Alexander Timofeyev, engineer-inventor
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02
Yuriy Yakovlev
Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible / building manager Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha
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03
Leonid Kuravlyov
Georges Miloslavsky
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04
Natalya Krachkovskaya
Ulyana Andreyevna Bunsha
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05
Savely Kramarov
Deacon Feofan
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06
Natalya Seleznyova
Zina Timofeeva
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07
Vladimir Etush
Anton Semenovich Shpak
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08
Natalya Kustinskaya
Yakin's mistress
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09
Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Actor
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10
Mikhail Pugovkin
Karp Savelievich Yakin
Trivia
All facts 10
- In the elevator ("They walled us up, the demons!"), the tsar crosses himself with three fingers. Until 1653, Orthodox Christians crossed themselves with two fingers.
- The militia arrives to investigate a burglary in a traffic police car.
- In the interrogation scene by the militia, Ivan Vasilyevich, when asked about his year of birth, answers: "One thousand five hundred thirty-three from the Nativity of Christ," although Ivan the Terrible was born on August 25, 1530, and the calendar era "from the Nativity of Christ" was introduced by Peter I only in 1700. Before that, in Rus, the calendar era was counted "from the creation of the world." Thus, Ivan Vasilyevich's answer should have been "The year seven thousand thirty-eight from the creation of the world."
- The Swedish ambassador does not speak Swedish but German.
- The scepter and orb that Bunsha holds in his hands (and which are depicted on the icon) appeared as symbols of royal power a hundred years later than the events taking place, in the 17th century.
- Miloslavsky and Bunsha run away from the Streltsy without closing the chest from which they took the clothes. A fallen helmet lies on the floor. When Miloslavsky returns to close the chest, the helmet turns out to be back on the armor.
Franchise
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Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика Prequel
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Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика Prequel
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1973
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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973