The film stars Yevgeni Grishkovetz as Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who travel to the past to fix a mistake and ends up in the present day.
[2][3] The cast also includes Kirill Käro, Ulyana Pilipenko, Erik Panich, and Irina Voronova.
[4] Having quarreled with his son, Tsar Ivan the Terrible accidentally mortally wounds him—as depicted in the painting by Ilya Repin.
To fix this, Ivan, with the help of a magical grimoire from his legendary library, decides to travel to the past a moment before the fatal blow.
[5] The companies Kargo Film and Irsna Media have been involved in the development of the project, which was carried out with the support of the Cinema Foundation of Russia.