Film

Moscow on the Hudson

1984 · 1h 55m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Metacritic

67

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.

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

• Paul MazurskyDirector · Writer · Producer
• Leon CapetanosWriter
• Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
• David McHughOriginal Music Composer
• Richard HalseyEditor
• Joy ToddCasting

Moscow on the Hudson (1984) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

April 6, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Revenue

$25,100,000

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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