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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

Sharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborShmuel WolfShmuel WolfDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIgor PilievIgor PilievIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaGelena KirikGelena KirikIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Moris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Abesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)

Crew

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