Moscow on the Hudson

Directed by Paul Mazursky
15
6 April 1984    1h 55m    Box Office: US$25.1MComedy, Drama,
6.574%59%6.3
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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.
  • 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
  • Robert MacBethLionel's Stepfather
  • Donna Ingram-YoungLeanne Witherspoon
  • Yury OlshanskyBlozonov
  • Olga TalynSvetlana
  • Aleksandr NarodetskyLeonid
  • Pierre OrcelYoung French Man
  • Stephanie CotsirilosVeronica Cohen
  • Frederick StrotherBill

Moscow on the Hudson Ratings & Reviews

  • DonkeyFlix1 January 2026
    The first act is fantastic, but the film seems to lose itself towards the end.
  • Peter Bickford3 February 2025
    A heartwarming love letter to the American dream.

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