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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

Moris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantIgor PilievIgor PilievGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Darejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliShmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyGelena KirikGelena KirikGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha Sepiashvili

Crew

Revaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusic