Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Science Fiction · Directed by Leonid Gaidai · Starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
Where was Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession filmed?
- Moscow, Russia, Moscow – Opening sequences and various scenes of Ivan Vasilyevich navigating modern Moscow. The film uses central Moscow locations to establish the contrast between the modern Soviet city and the historical period Ivan travels to
- Moscow, Russia, Moscow – Scenes depicting the 16th century Russian court where Ivan the Terrible resides. The Kremlin serves as the primary filming location for the historical sequences, using its authentic architecture to represent Tsar Ivan IV's court
- Moscow, Russia, Moscow – Modern Soviet Moscow locations showing contemporary apartment buildings and city life. Various Moscow street locations used to establish the contrast between Soviet-era modern life and the historical period sequences