

Moscow on the Hudson
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again.
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1984-04-06
Runtime:
1h 55m
Director:
Paul Mazursky
Writer:
Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky
Top Cast

Robin Williams
Vladimir Ivanoff

María Conchita Alonso
Lucia Lombardo

Cleavant Derricks
Lionel Witherspoon

Alejandro Rey
Orlando Ramirez

Savely Kramarov
Boris, KGB agent

Ilya Baskin
Anatoly Cherkasov

Oleg Rudnik
Yuri

Aleksandr Benyaminov
Vladimir's Grandfather

Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
Vladimir's Mother

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Vladimir's Father

Natalya Ivanova
Sasha

Tiger Haynes
Lionel's Grandfather
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