Directed by:
Paul MazurskyCinematography:
Donald McAlpineComposer:
David McHughCast:
Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Alejandro Rey, Elya Baskin, Lyman Ward, Paul Mazursky, Udo Kier, Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand, Frederick Strother, Kim Chan (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff (Williams) suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that "temple of Western decadence" - Bloomingdale's. Fleeing the K.G.B., Vladimir wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of black security guard Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks). Soon he has found both a voluptuous Italian lover Lucia Lombardo (Maria Conchita Alonso), and a shrewd Cuban lawyer Orlando Ramirez (Alejandro Rey). Though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love this strange and wondrous new land. Director Paul Mazursky has truly transformed Vladimir's declaration of independence into a very memorable film. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Robin Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996828_09b209.png)
Robin Williams
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
![Maria Conchita Alonso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270686_bd3658.jpg)
Maria Conchita Alonso
Cuba
Best movies:
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
![Alejandro Rey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318103_fba575.gif)
Alejandro Rey
Argentina
Best movies:
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
![Elya Baskin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270675_0330f3.jpg)
Elya Baskin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
October Sky (1999)
![Lyman Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/711/161711898_a30199.jpg)
Lyman Ward
Canada
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Independence Day (1996)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
![Paul Mazursky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268050_f1715a.jpg)
Paul Mazursky
USA
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Antz (1998)
![Udo Kier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269466_9b30ec.jpg)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Jak se krade milión (1967)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Frederick Strother](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/755/162755645_0ddf73.png)
Frederick Strother
Best movies:
The Corner (2000) (series)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Invincible (2006)
Kim Chan
China
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Kundun (1997)
![Jackée Harry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/528/164528232_7e6ccb.jpg)
Jackée Harry
USA
Best movies:
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
You Got Served (2004)
![Cleavant Derricks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037441_837a48.jpg)
Cleavant Derricks
USA
Best movies:
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
World Traveler (2001)
![Saveliy Kramarov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/885/93885994_6ecab7.jpg)
Saveliy Kramarov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
The Red and the White (1967)
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
![Yuriy Belov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/130/515/130515199_a69d57.jpg)
Yuriy Belov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Carnival in Moscow (1956)
Gusarskaya ballada (1962)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
![Christopher Wynkoop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886582_9453dd.gif)
Christopher Wynkoop
USA
Best movies:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Clockers (1995)
He Got Game (1998)
![Luis Antonio Ramos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/813/162813719_cdc648.jpg)
Luis Antonio Ramos
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Sea of Love (1989)
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
![Michael Greene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/729/160729077_7dee36.jpg)
Michael Greene
USA
Best movies:
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
An Enemy of the People (1978)
Antonia Rey
Cuba
Best movies:
Hair (1979)
Beat Street (1984)
The Changeling (1980)
![Rosetta LeNoire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/448/161448578_9d4dc7.png)
Rosetta LeNoire
USA
Best movies:
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Fritz the Cat (1972)
![Aleksandr Benyaminov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/832/161832045_c45746.jpg)
Aleksandr Benyaminov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Don Kikhot (1957)
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Polosatyy reys (1961)