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Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)

Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu (original title)
TV-G | | Adventure, Comedy, Musical | June 1973 (USA)
Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to the 16th ... See full summary »

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Ivan Zhevago ...
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Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to the 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973. Written by Dmitry Zharkov <dmitry@pharm.sunysb.edu>

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Trivia

When Ivan the Terible mentioned a man who made himself wings before the czar put him on a gun-powder barrel and he could fly he talks about the noble-son and archer commander Nikita Karazinov Golohvastov (earlier than 1562-1570), who was known for his courage. When he wanted to avoid penalty Ivan the Terrible ordered to blow up the gunpowder barrel on the ground because the czar said that Golohvastov is a hermit and, cause of Ivan's religious believes, that hermits are angels and they should fly. See more »

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The tape recorder seen besides Shurik's TV has two reels of transparent plastic in one shot and one red and one transparent reel in the next. See more »

Quotes

Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha, house manager: What is your name?
George Miloslavsky: I'm an artiste of all big and small academic theatres. And my name is too famous to pronounce it.
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The opening credits say: The "experimental artist union" presents: a non-science-, fictitious, a not quite realistic and a not accurate historical movie See more »

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Referenced in Gitler kaput! (2008) See more »

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Written by Aleksandr Zatsepin and Leonid Derbenyov
Performed by a men chorus
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Wrong to expect from a masterpiece, tomfoolery and antics as a Benny Hill
4 May 2013 | by See all my reviews

melinda2001, this film does not Benny Hill, you fool! Benny Hill - is silly faces, lust and antics. Ivan Vasilievich - this is a profound satire. Russian do not like the silly faces, lust and antics Benny Hill. Russian need intelligent comedy, satire, allegory different. In this film, the humor in words, as they say in the characters, as they say, and items that you probably did not understand without knowing Russian. And the Russian will always watch this movie. Today in Russia do not remove these movies - it means "Ivan" and other Soviet satirical comedy will be popular. Until new satirical masterpiece comedy . Unfortunately today all over the world to take off stupid, and Russia in this way. New Russians comedy - idiotia as the worst in American comedies. :(


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