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Moscow on the Hudson

(1984)

April 6, 1984 1h 55m
63%
TMDB Score

Overview

A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

Paul Mazursky

Director

Top Billed Cast

RW

Robin Williams

Vladimir Ivanoff

MCA

María Conchita Alonso

Lucia Lombardo

CD

Cleavant Derricks

Lionel Witherspoon

AR

Alejandro Rey

Orlando Ramirez

SK

Savely Kramarov

Boris, KGB agent

EB

Elya Baskin

Anatoly Cherkasov

OR

Oleg Rudnik

Yuri

AB

Aleksandr Beniaminov

Vladimir's Grandfather

LK

Lyudmila Kramarevskaya

Vladimir's Mother

IV

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand

Vladimir's Father

Official Trailer