Movie·1984·1h 55m
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.
Country
United States of America
Language
Russian
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The Story
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.
Written By
Leon Capetanos
Producer
Paul Mazursky
Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Music
David McHugh
Editor
Richard Halsey
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Robin Williams
Vladimir Ivanoff
María Conchita Alonso
Lucia Lombardo
Cleavant Derricks
Lionel Witherspoon
Alejandro Rey
Orlando Ramirez
Savely Kramarov
Boris, KGB agent
Elya Baskin
Anatoly Cherkasov
Oleg Rudnik
Yuri
Aleksandr Beniaminov
Vladimir's Grandfather
Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
Vladimir's Mother
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Vladimir's Father
Tiger Haynes
Lionel's Grandfather
Eyde Byrde
Lionel's Mother
Robert MacBeth
Lionel's Stepfather
Donna Ingram-Young
Leanne Witherspoon
Yury Olshansky
Blozonov
Olga Talyn
Svetlana
Aleksandr Narodetsky
Leonid
Pierre Orcel
Young French Man
// crew
Crew
Paul Mazursky
Director, Writer, Producer
Leon Capetanos
Writer
David McHugh
Original Music Composer
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Richard Halsey
Editor
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