Moscow on the Hudson
Released: April 6, 1984Runtime: 115 min
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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Robin Williams
as Vladimir Ivanoff
Maria Conchita Alonso
as Lucia Lombardo
Cleavant Derricks
as Lionel Witherspoon
Alejandro Rey
as Orlando Ramirez
Saveliy Kramarov
as Boris
Elya Baskin
as Anatoly
Oleg Rudnik
as Yury
Aleksandr Benyaminov
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Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
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Ivo Vrzal Wiegand
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