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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.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Robin WilliamsVladimir Ivanoff
María Conchita AlonsoLucia Lombardo
Cleavant DerricksLionel Witherspoon
Alejandro ReyOrlando Ramirez
Savely KramarovBoris, KGB agent
Elya BaskinAnatoly Cherkasov
Oleg RudnikYuri
Aleksandr BeniaminovVladimir's Grandfather
Tiger HaynesLionel's Grandfather
Eyde ByrdeLionel's MotherExplore the crew
- Director
- Paul Mazursky
- Writer
- Leon Capetanos
- Writer
- Paul Mazursky
- Producer
- Paul Mazursky
- Original Music Composer
- David McHugh
- Director of Photography
- Donald McAlpine
- Editor
- Richard Halsey