Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) on Netflix
NR19731h 33mAdventureComedyMusicalSci-Fi
Engineer Shurik builds a time machine. An accident sends superintendent Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha and burglar George Miloslavsky to the 16th century, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible arrives in 1973.
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Shurik works on a time machine in his Moscow apartment. By accident, the machine sends Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, the superintendent of his building, and George Miloslavsky, a burglar, back to 16th century Moscow, during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. At the same time, the real Ivan the Terrible arrives in Shurik's apartment and has to deal with modern life in 1973. Bunsha is a lookalike of the tsar but has a completely different personality. The two displaced men disguise themselves: Bunsha dresses as the tsar and Miloslavsky as a prince. Shurik tries to repair the machine so that everyone can return to their proper timelines.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
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- The film's time machine was redesigned by artist, wood sculptor and cartoonist Vyacheslav Pochechuev after a special bureau's version came out as an expressionless computer layout. He built the new one in a few days with a designer, a locksmith and a glassblower, and his 40-ruble prize slip read "for the invention of a time machine."
- The film's time machine was a reject: a bureau-built version came out as a blank computer mock-up, so artist Vyacheslav Pochechuev sketched a new model and built it in days with a designer, a locksmith and a glassblower. His 40-ruble prize certificate read that the money was issued for the invention of a time machine.
