Ivan Vasilievich - Back to the Future - Иван Васильевич меняет профессию / Best Comedies / DVD Video

UPC 4606777002979 

Made in Russia

Product Details:

• Format: DVD
• Collection: "Comedies" – Russian Cinema Council
• Production Studio: Mosfilm (1973), Restored by Krupny Plan (2001)
• Running Time: 93 minutes
• Region: DVD-9, All Regions
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 (Russian)
• Subtitles: Russian, English, German, French, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: Standard Version
• Color: Yes

Overview:

Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future is a timeless Soviet-era comedy directed by Leonid Gaidai and based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s play Ivan Vassilievich. This inventive story blends historical satire with science fiction, following inventor Shurik (Alexander Demyanenko), who accidentally creates a time machine in his Moscow apartment. A mishap sends the modern-day apartment manager Bunsha (Yury Yakovlev) and a thief, George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlyov), back to the Tsar’s palace, while Ivan the Terrible finds himself in 20th-century Moscow.

This brilliantly crafted film showcases unpredictable twists and turns, hilarious cultural juxtapositions, and impeccable performances from its star-studded cast, including Natalya Seleznyova, Vladimir Etush, and Mikhail Pugovkin. With music by Alexander Zatsepin, Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future continues to enchant audiences worldwide with its humor and ingenuity.

Key Credits:

• Director: Leonid Gaidai
• Writers: Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai
• Cinematography: Sergey Poluyanov, Vitaly Abramov
• Production Designer: Yevgeny Kumankov
• Music: Alexander Zatsepin
• Cast: Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Alexander Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Vladimir Etush, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Mikhail Pugovkin, Sergey Filippov, Savely Kramarov

• Yury Yakovlev (Ivan the Terrible/Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, building superintendent)
• Leonid Kuravlyov (George Miloslavsky, burglar)
• Aleksandr Demyanenko (Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor)
• Savely Kramarov (Feofan the diak)
• Natalya Seleznyova (Zinaida, Shurik's wife)
• Natalya Krachkovskaya (Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife)
• Natalya Kustinskaya (Yakin's mistress)
• Vladimir Etush (Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist)
• Mikhail Pugovkin (film director Yakin)
• Sergey Filippov (Swedish ambassador)
• Edward Bredun (black market seller)
• Natalia Gurzo (Shpak's dental nurse)
• Nina Maslova (Tsaritza Marfa)
• Viktor Uralsky (Police sergeant-major)
• Ivan Zhevago (Psychiatrist)

Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession (Russian: Иван Васильевич меняет профессию, romanized: Ivan Vasilyevich menyaet professiyu) is a Soviet comic science fiction film directed by Leonid Gaidai in June 1973. 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 by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was one of the most attended films in the Soviet Union in 1973, with more than 60 million tickets sold.

The story begins in 1973 Moscow, where engineer Aleksandr "Shurik" Timofeyev (Aleksandr Demyanenko) is working on a time machine in his apartment. By accident, he sends Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha (Yury Yakovlev), superintendent of his apartment building, and George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlyov), a burglar, back into the time of tsar Ivan IV "The Terrible". The pair is forced to disguise themselves, with Bunsha dressing up as tsar Ivan IV and Miloslavsky as a knyaz (prince) of the same name. At the same time, the real Ivan IV (also played by Yury Yakovlev) is sent by the same machine into Shurik's apartment, and 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. Superintendent Bunsha and Tsar Ivan IV are lookalikes but have completely different personalities, which results in funny situations of mistaken identity. As the militsiya (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 (tsar's guard), who have figured out that Bunsha is an impostor. The film ends with Bunsha, Miloslavsky, and Ivan IV all transported back to their proper timelines, although the entire episode is revealed to be a dream by Shurik... or was it?