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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

Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerShmuel WolfShmuel WolfEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Vladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Smadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIgor PilievIgor PilievIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleGelena KirikGelena KirikGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is Turkish

Crew

Vadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriter