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19841h 55mREnglish

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.

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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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DirectorPaul Mazursky

Keywords

american dreamamerican way of lifemoscow, russia
Box Office$25M

Cast

Robin Williams as Vladimir Ivanoff

Robin Williams

Vladimir Ivanoff

María Conchita Alonso as Lucia Lombardo

María Conchita Alonso

Lucia Lombardo

Cleavant Derricks as Lionel Witherspoon

Cleavant Derricks

Lionel Witherspoon

Alejandro Rey as Orlando Ramirez

Alejandro Rey

Orlando Ramirez

Savely Kramarov as Boris, KGB agent

Savely Kramarov

Boris, KGB agent

Elya Baskin as Anatoly Cherkasov

Elya Baskin

Anatoly Cherkasov

Oleg Rudnik as Yuri

Oleg Rudnik

Yuri

Aleksandr Beniaminov as Vladimir's Grandfather

Aleksandr Beniaminov

Vladimir's Grandfather

Lyudmila Kramarevskaya as Vladimir's Mother

Lyudmila Kramarevskaya

Vladimir's Mother

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand as Vladimir's Father

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand

Vladimir's Father