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The Passport

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.

1h 43m1990TMDb 6.1

ComedyDrama

Russian

Crew and Cast

Georgiy DaneliyaGeorgiy DaneliyaDirectorGérard DarmonGérard DarmonMerab Papashvili · Yasha PapashviliNatalya GundarevaNatalya GundarevaIngaOleg YankovskyOleg YankovskyBorya · nicknamed «Paris»Armen DzhigarkhanyanArmen DzhigarkhanyanSemyon Klain · «Senya»Evgeni LeonovEvgeni LeonovEmbassy employee in AustriaMamuka KikaleishviliMamuka KikaleishviliMoisha SepiashviliLeonid YarmolnikLeonid YarmolnikBorya's Israeli partnerLevan PilpaniLevan PilpaniVakhtang Papashvili · fatherYa'ackov Ben-SiraYa'ackov Ben-SiraBernstein · Inga's uncleNina Ter-OsipyanNina Ter-OsipyanInga's aunt
Sharon HacohenJane · american journalist
Nutsa KoguashviliKim SullivanKim SullivanGamlet · Tengiz's companion from MurumbiaChristian FellatChristian FellatTengizIgor KvashaIgor Kvashachief rabbi of the Moscow synagogueRocky Albert NirschlRocky Albert Nirschlacademician SesershviliAleksandr BerdaAleksandr BerdaVasiliy ErmolenkoClaude AviramClaude Aviramwaiter at the restaurantAmiran AmiranashviliAmiran AmiranashviliSuren · the taxi driver
N. AnokhinaMzia AtanelovMzia Atanelovarab girl in a car with Borya
Aleksandr BrodskiyShmuel WolfShmuel WolfLevan GabriadzeLevan GabriadzeMerab Papashvili's colleagueGelena KirikGelena KirikLeri GaprindashviliLeri GaprindashvilimilitiamanVladimir GusevVladimir GusevIvan Petrovich Fyodorov
Ts. DadianiMoris JanashviliMoris Janashviliguest at the weddingNino KoberidzeNino Koberidzeconductor on the train

Storyline

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.

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Info

Original title
Паспорт
Status
Released
Released
6 June 1990
Runtime
1h 43m
TMDB score
6.1 / 10 (31 votes)

Production

Director
Georgiy Daneliya
Writers
Revaz Gabriadze, Georgiy Daneliya, Arkadiy Khayt
Studios
Mosfilm, Ritm
Countries
France, Soviet Union, Austria

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
English, Georgian, Russian