Moscow on the Hudson
- Robin Williams: Vladimir Ivanov
- Maria Conchita Alonso: Lucia
- Cleavant Derricks: Lionel Witherspoon
- Alejandro Rey: Orlando Ramirez
- Saveli Kramarov: Boris
- Elya Baskin: Anatoly
- Oleg Rudnik Yuri
Moscow on the Hudson is an American comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky from the year 1984. Germany premiere was on November 2, 1984.
Action
The saxophonist Vladimir Ivanov worked in the pre- perestroika in the early 1980s at the Moscow Circus. He feels unhappy, lives in a crowded apartment with his whole family. Compared to his superiors he must grovel for shoes he must be present for hours in a queue. To buy gasoline for his little car on the black market, he roams the streets again and again. His grandfather would you most like to see behind bars because he was yelling anti-Soviet slogans out the window.
The circus will be sent to New York. Vladimirs friend Anatoly, who has spoken all the time from weaning, remembers differently. Vladimir, who has tried all the time to talk to his friend his plan, however, is made up from that. At Bloomingdale's, he hides behind the counter of the perfume department. There he learns the seller Lucia know. Still in the department store he asks for asylum in the United States. The black security guard Lionel Withersppon has sympathy with the refugee and lets him stay with him in Harlem.
Life in New York Vladimir has somewhat differently. He needs to find a job, he speaks little English, he is lonely and has to be reported anxiety. The neighborhood is terrible, the work that he finds poorly paid. Ultimately Vladimir finds out that the American way of life that is not what he appears to be. But that's freedom. Finally, Vladimir plays saxophone on the street.
Reviews
- For the filmdienst the film is a " narrated with restrained, discreet irony comedic tale about the human longing for freedom, self-determination and purpose in life. "
Background
- A cameo as a gay man had Udo Kier was not mentioned in the credits.
- In 1977 Cutter Richard Halsey win an Oscar for his work on Rocky.
- Albert Wolsky was also oscar awarded the set. In 1980, he was honored for his costume design for All That Jazz. In 1992, he got another Oscar for Bugsy.
- The circus scenes were in for each rotated on "russian " or " American" redesigned Munich Cirkus - Krone Munich.
- The artist Saul Steinberg sued the production company Columbia Pictures successfully sued for copyright infringement. Steinberg was able to convince the court that his poster "View of the World from 9th Avenue " ( cover of The New Yorker magazine) have served as the basis of the movie poster.
Awards
- Nomination for the Golden Globe 1985 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy - Robin Williams