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.
Movie: Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Top 10 Billed Cast
Александр Тимофеев, инженер-изобретатель /Шурик
царь Иван Васильевич Грозный / управдом Иван Васильевич Бунша
Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский
Карп Савельевич Якин
Антон Семенович Шпак
Феофан, дьяк посольского приказу
Ульяна Андреевна Бунша
Зинаида Михайловна (Зина) Тимофеева
шведский посол
актриса, подруга режиссера Якина
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