Moscou à New York

Original title: Moscow on the Hudson

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6.5/10

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Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Cleavant Derricks in Moscou à New York (1984)

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A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.

Director
- Paul Mazursky
Writers
- Paul Mazursky
- Leon Capetanos
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

14K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Mazursky
Writers
- Paul Mazursky
- Leon Capetanos
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Boris
(as Savely Kramarov)

Elya Baskin

Anatoly

Oleg Rudnik

Yury

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

Director
- Paul Mazursky
Writers
- Paul Mazursky
- Leon Capetanos
All cast & crew
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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
Vladimir Ivanoff: Yesterday I bought my first pair of American shoes. They were made in Italy.

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

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An experience of a Russian immigrant to America

As a Russian immigrant myself, I related the story to myself and liked the movie a lot. For those who never had such an experience, you may start to understand how hard it is to adapt to a new culture and why do people want to migrate in the first place. Also, for those who don't get the Russian culture, this might be kind of an introduction to it. Robin Williams is great as always, and I like especially his comedic style in a semitragic movie, which makes it so much easier to watch. If you have something against new immigrants to America and don't get why they come here at all, watch this movie and you'll understand why.