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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

Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaShmuel WolfShmuel WolfMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerIgor PilievIgor PilievYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Konstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantGelena KirikGelena KirikVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Guram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is Turkish

Crew

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