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The Passport

Паспорт

Release: 1990-06-06·Runtime: 103m·★ 6.1
ComedyDrama

Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home.

Production Countries

FranceSoviet UnionAustriaIsrael

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueGelena KirikGelena KirikDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Israel RubinchikIsrael RubinchikArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Veronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIgor PilievIgor PilievNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntShmuel WolfShmuel WolfMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Georgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)

Crew

Vladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of Photography