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Moscow on the Hudson

  • 19841984
  • RR
  • 1h 55m
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6.5/10
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Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
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A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life mo... Read allA Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.
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    • Paul Mazursky
    • Paul Mazursky
    • Leon Capetanos
  • Stars
    • Robin Williams
    • Maria Conchita Alonso
    • Cleavant Derricks
    • Paul Mazursky
    • Paul Mazursky
    • Leon Capetanos
  • Stars
    • Robin Williams
    • Maria Conchita Alonso
    • Cleavant Derricks
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    • 59User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Robin Williams in Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
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    Robin Williams
    Robin Williams
    • Vladimir Ivanoff
    Maria Conchita Alonso
    Maria Conchita Alonso
    • Lucia Lombardo
    Cleavant Derricks
    Cleavant Derricks
    • Lionel Witherspoon
    Alejandro Rey
    Alejandro Rey
    • Orlando Ramirez
    Saveliy Kramarov
    Saveliy Kramarov
    • Boris
    • (as Savely Kramarov)
    Elya Baskin
    Elya Baskin
    • Anatoly
    Oleg Rudnik
    • Yury
    Aleksandr Benyaminov
    Aleksandr Benyaminov
    • Vladimir's Grandfather
    • (as Alexander Beniaminov)
    Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
    • Vladimir's Mother
    • (as Ludmila Kramarevsky)
    Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
    • Vladimir's Father
    • (as Ivo Vrzal)
    Natalya Ivanova
    • Sasha
    • (as Natalie Iwanow)
    Tiger Haynes
    • Lionel's Grandfather
    Eyde Byrde
    • Lionel's Mother
    • (as Edye Byrde)
    Robert MacBeth
    • Lionel's Stepfather
    Donna Ingram-Young
    • Leanne
    Olga Talyn
    • Svetlana
    Aleksandr Narodetsky
    • Leonid
    • (as Alexander Narodetzky)
    Pierre Orcel
    • Young French Man
      • Paul Mazursky
      • Paul Mazursky
      • Leon Capetanos
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    • Trivia
      In preparation for his role, for about a year, lead actor Robin Williams studied Soviet customs and learned the Russian language. Reportedly, Williams spent five hours a day learning Russian and had learned to speak it well within a month. By the time of principal photography, Williams was at a proficiency level where he could carry out a conversation. Williams's teacher was a Russian actor called David.
    • Goofs
      In the USSR of the 1980s even teenagers weren't acquainted with middle finger gesture, let alone an 80-year-old man doing it towards KGB officers.
    • Quotes

      The Judge: Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning. Today you will become citizens of the United States of America. No longer are you an Englishman, Italian, a Pole or whatever, neither will you be a hyphenated American. From this day you are no longer a subject of a governement, but an intergal part of the government, a free man. May you find in this nation the fulfillment of your dreams of Peace and Security, and may America in turn never find you wanting in your new proud role of citizen of the United States. Will the petitioners please rise. Now let us take the oath of allegiance.

    • Alternate versions
      CBS edited 19 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Hard to Hold/Tank/Moscow on the Hudson/Mike's Murder (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Freedom
      Written by David McHugh

      Produced by Chaka Khan and David McHugh

      Performed by Chaka Khan

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

    User reviews59

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    My released dream
    The movie released in 1984 but I saw it only 2 years ago. I'm from former USSR and this film was prohibited in the Soviet Union.I think it's the best American film about America itself:sometimes fun,sometimes sad.It's useful especially for Russians who want to leave poor Russia for the US and release their 'Russian-American dream'.It's also the best film about the former USSR,its citizens' way of life,its lines to shops,surveillance of the KGB and many other bad things.I'm a history teacher in high school and I demonstrate this film to my young RUSSIAN students in Russian history class.Besides a very creditable performance of Robin Williams,Savely Kramarov.Very clever movie !
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    • Jan 4, 1999

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    • WHY IS THIS THE ONLY REFERENCE POINT FOR Lucia Lombardo

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    • Release date
      • April 6, 1984 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Bavaria Film
      • Delphi Premier Productions
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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