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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

Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaGelena KirikGelena KirikGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherIgor PilievIgor PilievGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Levan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverShmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)

Crew

Vadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriter