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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

Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIgor PilievIgor PilievKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Sharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGelena KirikGelena KirikDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherShmuel WolfShmuel WolfRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili

Crew

Georgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of Photography