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Moscow on the Hudson
Moscow on the Hudson is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Robin Williams as a Soviet circus musician who defects while on a visit to the United States. It co-stars María Conchita Alonso (in her American film debut), Elya Baskin as the circus clown, Savely Kramarov as one of two KGB apparatchiks, Alejandro Rey as the musician's immigration attorney, and Cleavant Derricks as his first American host and friend.
Plot
Vladimir Ivanoff, a saxophonist with the Moscow circus, lives in a crowded apartment with his extended family. He stands in lines for hours to buy toilet paper and shoes. When Boris, the apparatchik assigned to the circus, criticizes Vladimir for being late to rehearsal, and warns him that he may miss the approaching trip to New York City, Vladimir gives Boris a pair of shoes from the queue that made Vladimir late. While Ivanoff is riding in his friend Anatoly's Lada, Anatoly stops to buy fuel for his car from a mobile black-market gasoline dealer. While the friends wait for the gasoline seller to fill Anatoly's jerrycans, the two practice their English.
More details
| author | Paul Mazursky |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Moscow New York City |
| director | Paul Mazursky |
| editor | Richard Halsey |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | apartment building apparatchik bad news becoming an american citizen bloomingdale's blue jeans build busboy circus troupe defect drive extended family fbi harlem jerrycan kgb lada limousine driver mcdonald's nothing nypd rid saxophone security guard speak street food street vendor toilet paper unemployed united states nationality law ussr |
| musicBy | David McHugh |
| producer | Paul Mazursky |
| productionCompany | Delphi Premier |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Germany New York City |
| theme | romantic comedy war |