Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
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.
Director:
Leonid Gaidai
Writers:
Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai.
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor |
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Yuriy Yakovlev as Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha |
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Leonid Kuravlyov as Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky |
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Savely Kramarov as Feofan the diak |
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Natalya Seleznyova as Zinaida, Shurik's wife |
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Natalya Krachkovskaya as Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife |
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Natalya Kustinskaya as Yakin's mistress |
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Vladimir Etush as Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist |
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Mikhail Pugovkin as film director Yakin |
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Sergei Filippov as swedish ambassador |
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Eduard Bredun as radio goods speculator |
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Aleksandr Vigdorov as archer |
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Valentin Grachyov as archer |
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Natalya Gurzo as dental nurse |
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Ivan Zhevago as doctor |
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Anatoliy Kalabulin as archer |
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Nina Maslova as Marfa Vasilyevna |
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Anatoliy Podshivalov as police lieutenant |
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Viktor Uralsky as police sergeant major |
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Viktor Shulgin as boyar |
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Elena Volskaya as (uncredited) |
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Anatoli Golik as archer (uncredited) |
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Nikolay Gorlov as swedish ambassador (uncredited) |
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Yuriy Chernov as balalaika player (uncredited) |
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Larisa Eryomina as girl at the feast (uncredited) |
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Arkadiy Ivanov as archer (uncredited) |
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Inna Kara-Mosko as girl at the feast (uncredited) |
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Vitaly Kiselev as chorister (uncredited) |
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Igor E. Kuznetsov as blond chorister (uncredited) |
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Viktor Makhmutov as from entourage of swedish ambassador (uncredited) |
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Lubov Mysheva as girl at the feast (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Myshkin as archer (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Petrov as musician (uncredited) |
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Yuri Potyomkin as caretaker (uncredited) |
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Martin Rensky as archer (uncredited) |
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Oleg Chudinov as swedish guy (uncredited) |
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Sergey Yurtaykin as archer with bruise (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leonid Gaidai | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Bulgakov | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Aleksandr Zatsepin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vitaly Abramov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sergei Poluyanov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Klavdia Aleeva | Editor |
| Art | Yevgeniy Kumankov | Production Design |
| Writing | Vladlen Bakhnov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonid Gaidai | Screenplay |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Conductor |
| Writing | Leonid Derbenyov | Lyricist |
| Crew | Pyotr Grodnitsky | Choreographer |
| Directing | Natalya Sysoeva | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Valentin Zekin | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Production | Arkadiy Ashkinazi | Executive Producer |
| Camera | V. Danilov | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksey Tetyurkin | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Raisa Margachyova | Sound Director |
| Directing | Aleksandr Khait | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Yuri Fomichyov | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Buzina | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Leonid Podsukhskiy | Lighting Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Klimenko | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Igor Felitsyn | VFX Director of Photography |
| Crew | Shimon Volpert | Stunts |
| Camera | Igor Shtanko | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Viktor Babushkin | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Directing | Anatoliy Romanenko | Assistant Director |