Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession There a lot of great Soviet Union films, that are still loved in Russia by the current generation. I would get tired just to enumerate the best ones. So I've chosen one to describe, as I saw it on the TV just before the New Year. "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession" film scenario is an adaptation of science fiction piece of Mikhail Bulgakov. The film is directed by Leonid Gaidai, a famous soviet comedy director. Engineer Shurik (Alexander) works on construction of the time machine. His experiments comsume a lot of electricity, resulting in light is switched of in the whole house. Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, the house manager, comes to Shurik to swear him. Shurik explains that he constructs the time machine and shows his experiment once again. It opens a portal to the neighbour's apartment. At that time there just was a thief George there and he is being very surprised. Of course, he said he is a neighbour's friend. The next try opens portal to the mid 16th century, to the palace of a tzar (the title of a king in the ancient Russia) Ivan the Terrible. A great mess occurs, tzar goes to the future, Bunsha and George go to the past and portal closes. And there is a fact: Ivan Bunsha looks exactly like Ivan the Terrible, as if they were twins. So they take each other's place. Faint and silly Bunsha becomes the tzar and cruel and vicious Ivan the Terrible becomes a house manager. How do they return to their own time? There is one more thing. The full name of Ivan the Terrible (or Ivan IV) is Ivan Vasilievich Ryurik. So, both of Ivan Vasilievich changes their profession. The film is very funny and interesting. It gave birth to many popular catch phrases that are still actively used. If you haven't seen it, you should go and see it now. You may find it by title "Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future", as it issued in US. So have a happy viewing! And what Russian or Soviet films do you know?