Moscow on the Hudson poster

Moscow on the Hudson

19841h 55mComedy · Drama · Romance
directed by Paul Mazursky

“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.”

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6.3 / 10
224 votes
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6.5 / 10
13,624 votes
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67 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
74%

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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.

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