Trivia / Moscow on the Hudson

• California Doubling: The scenes set in Russia were filmed in Munich.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Robin Williams studied Russian and learned how to play the saxophone enough to look and sound believable.
• Fake Nationality: In addition to Williams' obvious example, Cuban-Venezuelan actress Maria Conchita Alonso plays Vladimir's Italian girlfriend.
• Fake Russian: Robin Williams isn't Russian. However, this trope is averted with most of the other Russian characters, who are played by the genuine article. Averted with the dialogue - Williams is speaking real, conversational Russian.
• Technology Marches On: Good luck finding a transistor radio like the one at Lucia's family's celebration today.
• Those Two Guys: Saveliy Kramarov (Boris), Oleg Rudnik (Yuri), and Elya Baskin (Anatoly) all starred together in the 1984 film 2010: The Year We Make Contact, as Soviet cosmonauts on a joint space mission with American astronauts. All three are also former Soviet actors who became naturalized American citizens in the 1970s and 80s.

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