Comedy ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1984 · 1h 55m

Moscow on the Hudson

Director

Cast

Robin Williams as Vladimir Ivanoff María Conchita Alonso as Lucia Lombardo Cleavant Derricks as Lionel Witherspoon Alejandro Rey as Orlando Ramirez Savely Kramarov as Boris, KGB agent Elya Baskin as Anatoly Cherkasov

Crew

Donald McAlpine — Director of Photography Richard Halsey — Editor David McHugh — Original Music Composer Leon Capetanos — Writer Paul Mazursky — Writer Paul Mazursky — Producer

Tagline

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.

Synopsis

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.

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