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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

Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborIgor PilievIgor PilievBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Konstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Kim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Dato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Moris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Gelena KirikGelena Kirik

Crew

Gia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusicOlga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriter