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The Passport

Паспорт

Release: 1990-06-06·Runtime: 103m·★ 6.0
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

Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Gérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliEvgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaGelena KirikGelena KirikSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizAleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueIgor PilievIgor PilievGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerLevan PilpaniLevan Pilpanias Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherYuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanIosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)Nina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Shmuel WolfShmuel WolfBoris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Dato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerOleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Mamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Abesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver

Crew

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