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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

Darejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Georgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerGelena KirikGelena KirikRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaShmuel WolfShmuel WolfChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovIgor PilievIgor PilievEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Igor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the wedding

Crew

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