“Non-science fictional, not entirely realistic and not exactly historical film” based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “Ivan Vasilievich”. Inventor Shurik (Demyanenko) has constructed in his regular Moscow apartment a… time machine. Accidentally it sends Ivan the Terrible’s namesake and double respectable retired Mr. Bunsha (Yakovlev) and a thief George Miloslavsky (Kuravlyov) to the Tsar’s palace, and the Tsar finds himself in our time. Further events are unpredictable….
Studio: Mosfilm
Year of Release: 1973.
Director: Leonid Gaiday
Script: Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaiday
Camera: Sergey Poluyanov, Vitaly Abramov
Music by: Alexander Zatsepin
Cast: Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Alexander Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Vladimir Etush, Mikhail Pugovkin, Sergey Filippov, Savely Kramarov.
Running time: 93 min.
Color: colored
Format: 4:3.
Languages: Russian
Subtitles: Russian, English, German, French, Spanish.
Special Freatures:
Interviews with actors Yury Yakovlev, Vladimir Etush. Director Leonid Gaiday featurette. Documentary “Ivan the Terrible”. Mikhail Bulgakov’s biography. Cast and Crew. Filmographies.
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