---
title: 'Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leonid Gaidai'
released: '1973-09-21'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ivan-vasilievich-back-to-the-future-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070233/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)

1973 · 88 min · Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction · Soviet Union

Original title: Иван Васильевич меняет профессию

## Synopsis

Ivan Vasilievich Changes His Profession 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leonid Gaidai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-gaidai)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonid Gaidai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-gaidai), [Vladlen Bakhnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladlen-bakhnov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Aleksandr Zatsepin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-zatsepin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Poluyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-poluyanov)

## Cast

- [Natalya Seleznyova](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-seleznyova)
- [Natalya Krachkovskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-krachkovskaya)
- [Natalya Kustinskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-kustinskaya)
- [Savely Kramarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/savely-kramarov)
- [Vladimir Etush](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-etush)
- [Sergey Filippov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-filippov)
- [Aleksandr Demyanenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-demyanenko) as Shurik
- [Mikhail Pugovkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-pugovkin)
- [Yury Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-yakovlev) as Ivan the Terrible
- [Leonid Kuravlyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kuravlyov) as George Miloslavsky
- [Leonid Gaidai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-gaidai)

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Official site: http://cinema.mosfilm.ru/films/film/1970-1979/ivan-vasilevich-menyaet-professiyu/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ivan-vasilievich-back-to-the-future-1973
Film facts: Wikidata (Q777739); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.