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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

Guram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerIgor PilievIgor PilievRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizNatalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Leri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Mzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Leonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Nino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliShmuel WolfShmuel WolfMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliGelena KirikGelena KirikAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmaster

Crew

Olga Grinshpun" />Olga GrinshpunEditorArkadiy Khayt" />Arkadiy KhaytWriterVladimir Dudin" />Vladimir DudinProducerRevaz Gabriadze" />Revaz GabriadzeWriterVadim Yusov" />Vadim YusovDirector of PhotographyGeorgiy Daneliya" />Georgiy DaneliyaDirector, WriterGia Kancheli" />Gia KancheliMusic