Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)

8.2TV-G88 minDirector: Leonid Gaidai

1973 Soviet film

Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession (Russian: Иван Васильевич меняет профессию, romanized: Ivan Vasilyevich menyayet professiyu) is a 1973 Soviet science fiction comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. In the United States, the film has sometimes been sold under the title Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future. This film is based on the play Ivan Vasilievich written by Mikhail Bulgakov from 1934 until 1936. It was one of the most attended films in the Soviet Union in 1973, with more than 60 million tickets sold.

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What is Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future about?
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) — 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.
Is Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future based on a true story?
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