Moscow on the Hudson
Moscow on the Hudson
Release: 1984-04-06
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Bavaria Film
ML Delphi Premier Productions
Columbia Pictures
Taurus Film
Cast
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
Ilya Baskin
as Anatoly Cherkasov
Oleg Rudnik
as Yuri
Aleksandr Beniaminov
as Vladimir's Grandfather
Tiger Haynes
as Lionel's Grandfather
Eyde Byrde
as Lionel's Mother
Stephanie Cotsirilos
as Veronica Cohen
Frederick Strother
as Bill
Kaity Tong
as Kaity Tong
Christopher Wynkoop
as Agent Ross, FBI
Lyman Ward
as Agent Williams, Justice Dept.
Paul Mazursky
as Dave
Barbara Montgomery
as Mrs. Marlowe
Sam Moses
as Dr. Reddy
Yakov Smirnoff
as Lev
Michael Greene
as Texan
Rosetta LeNoire
as The Judge (as Rosetta Le Noire)
Sal Carollo
Mikhail Shufutinskiy
as Singer in the restaurant