Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

1973 · 88 min · RU · 7.9 (428 votes)
Dir. Leonid Gaidai · Starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Savely Kramarov, Natalya Seleznyova, Natalya Krachkovskaya · Music Aleksandr Zatsepin
ComedyScience 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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A whirlwind of anachronistic chaos! Expect rapid-fire gags and fish-out-of-water absurdity as historical figures collide with modern life. It's a dizzying, laugh-out-loud romp through time.

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inventorczar / tsar / tzartime machinelook-alikeswap roles
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