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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

Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleGelena KirikGelena KirikIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishIgor PilievIgor PilievAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Vladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the train

Crew

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