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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

Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishGelena KirikGelena KirikGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Evgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Moris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Claude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantShmuel WolfShmuel WolfIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverIgor PilievIgor PilievBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Levan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiaman

Crew

Gia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducer