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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

Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Igor PilievIgor PilievEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Vladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainGelena KirikGelena KirikRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)

Crew

Georgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of Photography