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.

Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, building superintendent

Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский

Film Director Yakin

Anton Semyonovich Shpak, dentist

Feofan the diak

Uliana Andreevna Bunsha, superintendent's wife

Zinaida, Shurik's wife

Swedish Ambassador

Yakin's mistress