Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)

August 3, 2023 12:09 PM

An ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine. AKA Ivan Vasilyevich: Back to the Future.

Starring Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov Aleksandr Demyanenko.

Directed by Leonid Gaidai. Written by Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai, based on the play Ivan Vasilievich by Mikhail Bulgakov. A USSR production in Russian.

8.2 on iMDb.

Currently streaming in its entirety on YouTube with English subtitles. Also on Internet Archive.

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