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Moscow on the Hudson
Film / 1984

Moscow on the Hudson

Directed by Paul Mazursky
ComedyDramaRomance

★ 6.3/10Audience rating

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.

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.

Cast

Robin WilliamsVladimir Ivanoff María Conchita AlonsoLucia Lombardo Cleavant DerricksLionel Witherspoon Alejandro ReyOrlando Ramirez Savely KramarovBoris, KGB agent Elya BaskinAnatoly Cherkasov Oleg RudnikYuri Aleksandr BeniaminovVladimir's Grandfather Lyudmila KramarevskayaVladimir's Mother Ivo Vrzal-WiegandVladimir's Father Tiger HaynesLionel's Grandfather Eyde ByrdeLionel's Mother
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Robert MacBethLionel's Stepfather Donna Ingram-YoungLeanne Witherspoon Yury OlshanskyBlozonov Olga TalynSvetlana Aleksandr NarodetskyLeonid Pierre OrcelYoung French Man Stephanie CotsirilosVeronica Cohen Frederick StrotherBill Anthony CortinoMale Clerk Betsy MazurskyBloomingdale's Manager Kaity TongKaity Tong Royce RichBloomingdale's Cop Christopher WynkoopAgent Ross, FBI Lyman WardAgent Williams, Justice Dept. Joe LynnMean Man on Subway Joy ToddBlanche Paul MazurskyDave Thomas IkedaKorean Cab Driver Barbara MontgomeryMrs. Marlowe Adalberto SantiagoLatin Band Leader Sam MosesDr. Reddy Yakov SmirnoffLev Sam StoneburnerPanama Hat Michael GreeneTexan Rosetta LeNoireThe Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire) Sal Carollo Dana LorgeWanda Mikhail ShufutinskiySinger in the restaurant

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