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The Passport

Паспорт

Release: 1990-06-06·Runtime: 103m·★ 6.0
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

AustriaFranceSoviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Gelena KirikGelena KirikGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueShmuel WolfShmuel WolfGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Vladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver,Smadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Veronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantIgor PilievIgor Piliev

Crew

Vladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriter