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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

Abesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaGelena KirikGelena KirikIgor PilievIgor PilievOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Ruslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Dato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver,Veronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the wedding