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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

Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborGelena KirikGelena KirikMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Sharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaIgor PilievIgor Piliev