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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

Amiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driverMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantIgor PilievIgor PilievBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Christian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizShmuel WolfShmuel WolfVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Abesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterIrina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaGelena KirikGelena KirikDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Igor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)