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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

FranceSoviet UnionAustriaIsrael

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Gelena KirikGelena KirikNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Boris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliShmuel WolfShmuel WolfIgor PilievIgor PilievGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from Murumbia

Crew

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