''Terrible Dad'' () is a 2022 Russian

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directed by Karen Oganesyan and Yuri Korobeinikov. The film stars

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as Tsar

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (; – ), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible,; ; monastic name: Jonah. was Grand Prince of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar of all Russia, Tsar and Grand Prince of all R ...

, who travel to the past to fix a mistake and ends up in the present day. The cast also includes

Kirill Käro Kirill Valeryevich Käro (; born 24 February 1975) is an Estonian-Russian actor. He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of ''The Sniffer'' (2013–2017), as George Safronov in 16 episodes of the Netflix sci-fi series ''B ...

, Ulyana Pilipenko, Erik Panich, and Irina Voronova. ''Terrible Dad'' was released in theatres on 27 October 2022.

Synopsis

Having quarreled with his son, Tsar Ivan the Terrible accidentally mortally wounds him—as depicted in the

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. To fix this, Ivan, with the help of a magical

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from his legendary library, decides to travel to the past a moment before the fatal blow. However, everything does not go according to plan, and the tsar finds himself in our time, where he meets the Osipov family. Nikita Osipov is an unsuccessful archaeologist and an equally unsuccessful father and husband. Recently divorced, he has lost contact with his children—Romka and Polya. The Osipov family becomes embroiled in Ivan's tale, as he tries to find the grimoire and save his son.

Cast

Production

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.

Filming

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took place in September 2021 in

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, the region of

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, and

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. The main filming locations were

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and the

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* {{IMDb title, id=22468422 2022 films 2020s Russian-language films 2020s children's adventure films 2020s children's comedy films 2020s adventure comedy films Russian children's adventure films Russian children's comedy films Russian adventure comedy films Films shot in Moscow Films shot in Moscow Oblast