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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 83GoodWatch 82
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most comedies, −12 min on the typical 100
typical 10088Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
1973
September 17, 1973
53 years ago
Genres
ComedyScience FictionLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
37 people
Aleksandr DemyanenkoAleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor
Yuriy YakovlevIvan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha
Leonid KuravlyovZhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Savely KramarovFeofan the diak
Natalya SeleznyovaZinaida, Shurik's wife
Natalya KrachkovskayaUliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife
Natalya KustinskayaYakin's mistress
Vladimir EtushAnton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist
Mikhail Pugovkinfilm director Yakin
Sergei Filippovswedish ambassador
Eduard Bredunradio goods speculator
Aleksandr Vigdorovarcher
Valentin Grachyovarcher
Natalya Gurzodental nurse
Ivan Zhevagodoctor
Anatoliy Kalabulinarcher
Nina MaslovaMarfa Vasilyevna
Anatoliy Podshivalovpolice lieutenant
Viktor Uralskypolice sergeant major
Viktor Shulginboyar
Elena Volskaya(uncredited)
Anatoli Golikarcher (uncredited)
Nikolay Gorlovswedish ambassador (uncredited)
Yuriy Chernovbalalaika player (uncredited)
Directing · 4
- Leonid Gaidai Director, Screenplay
- Aleksandr Khait First Assistant Director
- Anatoliy Romanenko Assistant Director
- Natalya Sysoeva Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Vladlen Bakhnov Screenplay
- Mikhail Bulgakov Theatre Play
- Valentin Zekin Script Editor
- Leonid Derbenyov Lyricist
Production · 1
- Arkadiy Ashkinazi Executive Producer
Camera · 4
- Sergei Poluyanov Director of Photography
- Vitaly Abramov Director of Photography
- Igor Shtanko Camera Operator
- V. Danilov Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Klavdia Aleeva Editor
Sound · 5
- Aleksandr Zatsepin Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Vasilyev Conductor
- Viktor Babushkin Music Sound Design and Processing
- Raisa Lukina Music Editor
- Raisa Margachyova Sound Director
Art · 2
- Yevgeniy Kumankov Production Design
- Yuri Fomichyov Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Nadezhda Buzina Costume Design
- Aleksey Tetyurkin Makeup & Hair
Visual Effects · 2
- Aleksandr Klimenko VFX Supervisor
- Igor Felitsyn VFX Director of Photography
Lighting · 1
- Leonid Podsukhskiy Lighting Artist
Other crew · 2
- Shimon Volpert Stunts
- Pyotr Grodnitsky Choreographer
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