Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robin Williams | ... | Vladimir Ivanoff | |
Maria Conchita Alonso | ... | Lucia Lombardo | |
Cleavant Derricks | ... | Lionel Witherspoon | |
Alejandro Rey | ... | Orlando Ramirez | |
Saveliy Kramarov | ... | Boris (as Savely Kramarov) | |
Elya Baskin | ... | Anatoly | |
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Oleg Rudnik | ... | Yury |
Aleksandr Benyaminov | ... | Vladimir's Grandfather (as Alexander Beniaminov) | |
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Lyudmila Kramarevskaya | ... | Vladimir's Mother (as Ludmila Kramarevsky) |
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Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand | ... | Vladimir's Father (as Ivo Vrzal) |
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Natalya Ivanova | ... | Sasha (as Natalie Iwanow) |
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Tiger Haynes | ... | Lionel's Grandfather |
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Eyde Byrde | ... | Lionel's Mother (as Edye Byrde) |
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Robert MacBeth | ... | Lionel's Stepfather |
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Donna Ingram-Young | ... | Leanne |
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. Written by Zaphod <aaa@scs.leeds.ac.uk>
Robin Williams truly shows his amazing acting skills in this film. This movie is more of a drama than a comedy which is to be expected when you hear the plot of the story. Williams's Russian is quite convincing and the over all acting from the cast must be a 10 out of 10. It is easy to feel for Vladimir and the journey brings you along. The accuracy is stunning for those who lived through those kinds of situations. Vladimir finds that life is not perfect anywhere but he is sure happy to live in the land of opportunity, the land that gave him `Freedom'.