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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

Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGelena KirikGelena KirikBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantIgor PilievIgor PilievVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliShmuel WolfShmuel WolfAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Roman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Georgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Levan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Vladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich Fyodorov

Crew

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