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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

Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Levan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueGelena KirikGelena KirikIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Georgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIgor PilievIgor PilievGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherShmuel WolfShmuel WolfNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)

Crew

Vladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of Photography