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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

Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizGelena KirikGelena KirikDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliIgor PilievIgor PilievIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Georgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcher

Crew

Georgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriter