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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

AustriaFranceSoviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm
Ritm

Cast

Ya'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-Siraas Bernstein - Inga's uncleArmen DzhigarkhanyanArmen Dzhigarkhanyanas Semyon Klain - «Senya»Rocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlas academician SesershviliLeri GaprindashviliLeri Gaprindashvilias militiamanGuram LortkipanidzeGuram Lortkipanidzeas Yasha's neighborMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka Kikaleishvilias Moisha SepiashviliMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovas arab girl in a car with BoryaGeorgiy KupriyanovGeorgiy KupriyanovIsrael RubinchikIsrael RubinchikVeronika IzotovaVeronika Izotovaas flight attendantClaude AviramClaude Aviramas waiter at the restaurantShmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan Gabriadzeas Merab Papashvili's colleagueVladimir KorovkinVladimir Korovkinas airplane pilot (uncredited)Irina ShmelevaIrina Shmelevaas Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)Oleg YankovskiyOleg Yankovskiyas Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Evgeni LeonovEvgeni Leonovas Embassy employee in AustriaLeonid YarmolnikLeonid Yarmolnikas Borya's Israeli partnerMoris JanashviliMoris Janashvilias guest at the weddingKonstantin AleksandrovKonstantin Aleksandrovas waiter (uncredited)Boris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-Osipyanas Inga's auntKim SullivanKim Sullivanas Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaAmiran Amiranashvili (II)Amiran Amiranashvili (II)as Suren, the taxi driver,Yuriy KushneryovYuriy Kushneryovas doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurantDato PapuashviliDato Papuashvilias KGB officerGérard DarmonGérard Darmonas Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliSharon HacohenSharon Hacohenas Jane - american journalistIgor PilievIgor PilievRoman MadyanovRoman Madyanovas person passing through customs control (uncredited)Aleksandr BerdaAleksandr Berdaas Vasiliy ErmolenkoGeorgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy Daneliyaas arab with a donkey (uncredited)Natalya GundarevaNatalya Gundarevaas IngaIgor KvashaIgor Kvashaas chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueGelena KirikGelena KirikDarejan JojuaDarejan Jojuaas Taxi dispatcherSmadar KilchinskySmadar KilchinskyRuslan MikaberidzeRuslan Mikaberidzeas Mustafa is TurkishGalina ChurilinaGalina Churilinaas lunch ladyChristian FellatChristian Fellatas TengizVladimir GusevVladimir Gusevas Ivan Petrovich FyodorovNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeas conductor on the trainAbesalom LoriaAbesalom Loriaas trainmasterEvgeniy KuleshovEvgeniy Kuleshovas man at the airport (uncredited)Iosif RyklinIosif Ryklinas 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)

Crew

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