Ivan the Terrible

About

Ivan the Terrible is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for five episodes during 1976. The short-lived series parodied American attitudes toward the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Set in Moscow, the sitcom starred Lou Jacobi as a Russian hotel waiter named Ivan Petrovsky, and the day-to-day misadventures of Ivan's family and their Cuban exchange student boarder, all of whom live in a cramped, one-bedroom apartment. Also appearing in this series were Christopher Hewett, Phil Leeds, Alan Cauldwell and, in her TV series debut, Nana Visitor. Harvey Korman appeared as a Soviet bureaucrat in an uncredited cameo at the close of each episode. The executive producer of this series was noted comic Alan King.

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Cast

Lou Jacobi Ivan Petrovsky

Christopher Hewett Federov

Caroline Kava Sonia Petrovsky

Alan Cauldwell Nikolai Petrovsky

Maria Karnilova Olga Petrovsky

Nana Visitor Svetlana Petrovsky

Manuel Martínez Raoul Sanchez

Phil Leeds Vladimir

Matthew Barry Sascha Petrovsky

Despo Diamantidou Tationa

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