Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) ( Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu (Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession) ) ( Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation )

Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) (DVD) (*)

~~$32.99~~ $29.98

Original Title: Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu (Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession)
Alternate Title: Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Leonid Gaidai

Written By:
Vladlen Bakhnov
Mikhail A. Bulgakov

Actors:
Aleksandr Demyanenko ..... Engineer Alexander Sergeyevich Timofeyev / Shurik
Yuri Yakovlev ..... Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha, house manager /
Czar Ivan The Terrible ..... George Miloslavsky / Prince Miloslavsky
Leonid Kuravlyov ..... Ulyana Andreyevna Bunsha (as Natalya Belogortseva-Krachkovskaya)
Natalya Krachkovskaya ..... Feofan, scribe of ambassadorial department
Saveli Kramarov ..... Zinaida Mikhailovna (Zina) Timofeyeva
Natalya Seleznyova ..... Dentist Anton Semyonovich Shpak
Vladimir Etush ..... Karp Savelyevich Yakin, film director
Mikhail Pugovkin ..... Swedish ambassador
Sergei Filippov ..... an actress
Natalya Kustinskaya ..... Radio components illegal trader
Eduard Bredun ..... Nurse
Valentin Grachyov ..... Doctor
Natalya Gurzo ..... Zina Timofeyeva (vocal) (singing voice)
Ivan Zhevago ..... Musician
Nina Brodskaya ..... Tsarevna
Yuri Chernov ..... Guardian at Ivan the Terrible's chambers
Larisa Eryomina ..... Tzaritza
Aleksey Kalabulin ..... Lieutenant
Nina Maslova ..... Policeman
Anatoli Podshivalov ..... Prince Miloslavsky (vocal) (singing voice)
Viktor Uralsky
Valeri Zolotukhin

Synopsis:

The movie begins in 1973 Moscow, where Engineer Shurik (Aleksandr Demyanenko) is working on a time machine in his apartment. By accident, he sends Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha (Yuri Yakovlev), superintendent of his apartment building, and George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlev), a small-time burglar, back into the time of Ivan IV. The pair is forced to disguise themselves, with Bunsha dressing up as Ivan IV and Miloslavsky as a knyaz of the same name (who everybody thought was executed by the tsar). At the same time, the real Ivan IV (also played by Yuri Yakovlev) is sent by the same machine into Shurik's apartment, he has to deal with modern-day life while Shurik tries to fix the machine so that everyone can be brought back to their proper place in time. As the police (tipped off by a neighbor who was burgled by Miloslavsky) close in on Shurik, who is frantically trying to repair the machine, the cover of Bunsha and Miloslavsky is blown and they have to fight off the Streltsy, who have figured out that Bunsha is not the real Tsar. The movie ends with Bunsha, Miloslavsky, and Ivan IV all transported back to their proper places, although the entire thing is revealed to be a dream by Shurik. Or was it?

Absent-minded inventor Shurik (Alexander Demyanenko) has built a time machine in his Moscow apartment. Due to the machine's malfunctioning, his apartment complex manager Ivan Vasilievich (Yuri Yakovlev) and a suave burglar (Leonid Kuravlev) are transposed back to the times of Ivan the Terrible, while the dreaded Czar himself (also played by Yakovlev) turns up in modern-day Moscow. Since Ivan Vasilievich and his royal namesake look alike, various funny complications arise, and Shurik desperately tries to return things back to normal. This Soviet sci-fi comedy is loosely based on the play Ivan Vasilievich by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to the 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 13 August, 2012.