Robin Williams
Vladimir Ivanoff
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Moscow on the Hudson: Directed by Paul Mazursky. With Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey. A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.
- (13K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Paul Mazursky
- 1984-04-06
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.
With Robin Williams' affecting portrayal as a Russian immigrant at the center of its fish-out-of-water story, Moscow on The Hudson soars with an abundance of laughs and heart. Read Critics...
- (77)
- Paul Mazursky
- R
- Robin Williams
Moscow on the Hudson. Comedy. 115 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1984. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1984. 3 min read. Mike Royko likes to make fun of foreign-born taxi drivers. He uses a lot of phonetic spellings to show how funny dey speeka da Engleesh. Maybe he’s missing out on some good conversations.
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and Soviet political repression of the early 1980s prior to perestroika, Moscow on the Hudson tells the story of Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophonist with the Moscow circus.
Moscow On The Hudson GOLDEN GLOBE® nominee Robin Williams portrays a Russian musician who defects in Bloomingdales, beginning the bumpy road to his American dream.
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When a Russian musician defects in New York, he finds adjusting to his new life in America more difficult than he could have imagined.
