Moscow on the Hudson
1984 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 6.3
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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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-04-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (222 votes)
- Box office
- $25,068,724
- Budget
- $13,000,000
Themes
- american dream
- american way of life
- moscow, russia
Cast & crew
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
Oleg Rudnik
as Yuri
Aleksandr Beniaminov
as Vladimir's Grandfather
- LK
Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
as Vladimir's Mother
- IV
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
as Vladimir's Father
Directed by Paul Mazursky