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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

Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaShmuel WolfShmuel WolfVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Darejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Levan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Gelena KirikGelena KirikVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIgor PilievIgor PilievAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with Borya

Crew

Revaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusic