Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
- Original title
- Иван Васильевич меняет профессию
- Directed by
- Leonid Gaidai
- Genre
- comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 410 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Soviet inventor creates a time machine that accidentally swaps his apartment with the apartment of Ivan the Terrible. The tsar ends up in modern Moscow while the inventor and his lookalike neighbor must deal with the confusion and historical mishaps.
comedicchaoticlightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedsillynostalgicquirky
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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