Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again.
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.
- Released: 1984-04-06
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1h 55m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 233 votes
Directed by Paul Mazursky.
Top 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
- Elya Baskin as Anatoly Cherkasov
- Oleg Rudnik as Yuri
- Aleksandr Beniaminov as Vladimir's Grandfather
- Lyudmila Kramarevskaya as Vladimir's Mother
- Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand as Vladimir's Father
Where to watch Moscow on the Hudson
- United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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