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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

AustriaFranceSoviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver,Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIgor PilievIgor PilievIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Igor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Smadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaShmuel WolfShmuel WolfGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Vladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Vladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Boris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Gelena KirikGelena KirikYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurant

Crew

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