The Passport

The Passport

1990
1h 43m
6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm Ritm
Production Countries
France Soviet Union Austria Israel
Spoken Languages
English Georgian Russian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Паспорт
Release Date June 6, 1990
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0100337

Cast

Gérard Darmon
Gérard Darmon

Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili

Natalya Gundareva
Natalya Gundareva

Inga

Oleg Yankovskiy
Oleg Yankovskiy

Borya - nicknamed «Paris»

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Semyon Klain - «Senya»

Evgeni Leonov
Evgeni Leonov

Embassy employee in Austria

Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Mamuka Kikaleishvili

Moisha Sepiashvili

Leonid Yarmolnik
Leonid Yarmolnik

Borya's Israeli partner

Levan Pilpani
Levan Pilpani

Vakhtang Papashvili - father

Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira

Bernstein - Inga's uncle

Nina Ter-Osipyan
Nina Ter-Osipyan

Inga's aunt

Sharon Hacohen
Sharon Hacohen

Jane - american journalist

Nutsa Koguashvili
Nutsa Koguashvili

Key Crew

Georgiy Daneliya
Director
Victor Freilich
Producer
Vladimir Dudin
Producer
Revaz Gabriadze
Writer
Georgiy Daneliya
Writer
Arkadiy Khayt
Writer