Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
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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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Aleksandr Demyanenko
Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Yuriy Yakovlev
Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha
Known for
Kin-dza-dza!
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
Leonid Kuravlyov
Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Known for
Viy
Brigada
Savely Kramarov
Feofan the diak
Known for
2010
Gentlemen of Fortune
Natalya Seleznyova
Zinaida, Shurik's wife
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
It Can't Be!
Natalya Krachkovskaya
Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife
Known for
12 Chairs
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
Natalya Kustinskaya
Yakin's mistress
Known for
Three Plus Two
Vladimir Etush
Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist
Known for
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
The Adventures of Buratino
Mikhail Pugovkin
film director Yakin
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
It Can't Be!
Sergei Filippov
swedish ambassador
Known for
12 Chairs
Carnival Night
Eduard Bredun
radio goods speculator
Also in
The Chain Reaction
12 Chairs
Aleksandr Vigdorov
archer
Also in
A Very English Murder
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Leonid Gaidai Director · Vladlen Bakhnov Screenplay Mikhail Bulgakov Author
First release September 17, 1973 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Иван Васильевич меняет профессию
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Иван Васильевич меняет профессию
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 17, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 25, 1974 · Theatrical
Finland
March 22, 1974 · Theatrical
France
January 11, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
November 1, 1974 · Theatrical · East Germany
Hungary
November 7, 1974 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 18, 1974 · Limited theatrical
Poland
November 3, 1974 · Theatrical
Russia
September 11, 2001 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Sweden
December 17, 1976 · Theatrical
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