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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

Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliIgor PilievIgor PilievIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Dato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Igor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueShmuel WolfShmuel WolfGelena KirikGelena KirikLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy Kupriyanov

Crew

Georgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of Photography