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.
Director: Leonid Gaidai
Writers: Vladlen Bakhnov, Leonid Gaidai, Mikhail Bulgakov
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Aleksandr Demyanenko
Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor
Yuriy Yakovlev
Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha
Leonid Kuravlyov
Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Savely Kramarov
Feofan the diak
Natalya Seleznyova
Zinaida, Shurik's wife
Natalya Krachkovskaya
Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife
Natalya Kustinskaya
Yakin's mistress
The film is praised for its manic and fast-paced energy, as well as its unique blend of slapstick and clever humor. It is considered an example of how comedy can thrive and even contain subtle social commentary under a repressive regime. The use of physical comedy, sped-up chase…
