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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

Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfGelena KirikGelena KirikEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Darejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborIgor PilievIgor PilievIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Dato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Sharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Georgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver

Crew

Gia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditor