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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

Konstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Vladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Igor PilievIgor PilievRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Levan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueGelena KirikGelena KirikEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Vladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistShmuel WolfShmuel WolfBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the train