Leonid GAIDAI
Леонид ГАЙДАЙ
Leonid GAIDAI
USSR, 1973, 93mn 
Colour, fiction
Ivan Vassilyevich Changes Occupation
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Иван Васильевич меняет профессию

 

 Ivan Vassilievitch change de profession

 Ivan Vassilyevich menyayet profesiyu

 
Directed by : Leonid GAIDAI (Леонид ГАЙДАЙ)
Writing credits : Leonid GAIDAI (Леонид ГАЙДАЙ)
 
Cast
Aleksandr DEMYANENKO (Александр ДЕМЬЯНЕНКО) ...Chourik, l'ingénieur Timofeev
Yuri YAKOVLEV (Юрий ЯКОВЛЕВ) ...Le tsar Ivan le Terrible et Bouncha
Leonid KURAVLYOV (Леонид КУРАВЛЕВ)
Natalia KRACHKOVSKAYA (Наталья КРАЧКОВСКАЯ)
Savely KRAMAROV (Савелий КРАМАРОВ)
Natalia SELEZNYOVA (Наталья СЕЛЕЗНЕВА)
Vladimir ETUSH (Владимир ЭТУШ)
Mikhail PUGOVKIN (Михаил ПУГОВКИН)
Sergey FILIPPOV (Сергей ФИЛИППОВ)
Ivan ZHEVAGO (Иван ЖЕВАГО)
 
Cinematography : Vitali ABRAMOV (Виталий АБРАМОВ), Sergey POLUIANOV (Сергей ПОЛУЯНОВ)
Production design : Yevgeni KUMANKOV (Евгений КУМАНЬКОВ)
Music : Aleksandr ZATSEPIN (Александр ЗАЦЕПИН)
Sound : Raisa MARGACHEVA (Раиса МАРГАЧЕВА)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 60,7 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 21/09/1973
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Ruscico
Editor : Image Entertainment

Plot synopsis
An eccentric comedy based on M. Bulgakov’s play “Ivan Vassilevich” about a time machine, which helps Russian tzar Ivan the Terrible to get into the XXth century. But in that time a house-manager Bunsh with a burglar Gorge get from XX centuury into Old Russia…
Source : www.mosfilm.ru

Reviews from Russian viewers
 

Commentaries
Как Гайдай снимал комедию Иван Васильевич меняет профессию в Ростове Великом. "Родина" публикует редкие кадры [Sur le tournage du film Ivan Vassilievitch change de profession, 1973, de Leonid GAIDAI], rg.ru, 2023
Les dix plus grands films soviétiques des années 1970, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Top-14 des comédies soviétiques intemporelles à regarder en ligne avec des sous-titres, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Sept comédies légendaires de Leonid Gaïdaï qui égayeront vos soirées, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2022
Ivan Vassilievitch change de profession (1973), de Leonid Gaïdaï, Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
RUSSIA BEYOND : Dix films soviétiques à voir absolument, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2020
RUSSIA BEYOND : Top 7 des meilleurs films de science-fiction russes à regarder sans plus tarder, Richard WESS, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2020
Le Top 5 des comédies soviétiques, Vostok Assas, 2018
Copycat cinema: 5 Hollywood films the Russians did first, Josh NADEAU, calvertjournal.com, 2017
 
Reviews on Kinopoisk

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2024
- International Film Festival ANTARES, Sochi (Russia), 2024
- Best Soviet films according to Russia Beyond, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2017
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2017
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2014
- Russian Art Festival, Cannes (France), 2014
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2013
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2010
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005

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