

Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again.
April 6, 1984
1h 55m
EN
Paul Mazursky
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.

Robin Williams
Vladimir Ivanoff

María Conchita Alonso
Lucia Lombardo

Cleavant Derricks
Lionel Witherspoon

Alejandro Rey


Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky
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Orlando Ramirez

Savely Kramarov
Boris, KGB agent

Elya Baskin
Anatoly Cherkasov

Oleg Rudnik
Yuri

Aleksandr Beniaminov
Vladimir's Grandfather

Lyudmila Kramarevskaya
Vladimir's Mother

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand
Vladimir's Father

Bavaria Film
DE
ML Delphi Premier Productions
N/A

Columbia Pictures
US

Taurus Film
DE