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The Passport

Паспорт

Release: 1990-06-06·Runtime: 103m·★ 6.0
ComedyDrama

A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.

Production Countries

AustriaFranceSoviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladySharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantGelena KirikGelena KirikOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueIgor PilievIgor PilievLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver,Nino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)