The Passport

Georgiy Daneliya
1990-06-06


6
103 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Gérard Darmon Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili Unowned
Natalya Gundareva Inga Unowned
Oleg Yankovskiy Borya - nicknamed «Paris» Unowned
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Semyon Klain - «Senya» Unowned
Evgeni Leonov Embassy employee in Austria Unowned
Mamuka Kikaleishvili Moisha Sepiashvili Unowned
Leonid Yarmolnik Borya's Israeli partner Unowned
Levan Pilpani Vakhtang Papashvili - father Unowned
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira Bernstein - Inga's uncle Unowned
Nina Ter-Osipyan Inga's aunt Unowned
Sharon Hacohen Jane - american journalist Unowned
Nutsa Koguashvili Unowned
Kim Sullivan Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from Murumbia Unowned
Christian Fellat Tengiz Unowned
Igor Kvasha chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogue Unowned
Rocky Albert Nirschl academician Sesershvili Unowned
Aleksandr Berda Vasiliy Ermolenko Unowned
Claude Aviram waiter at the restaurant Unowned
Amiran Amiranashvili (II) Suren, the taxi driver Unowned
N. Anokhina Unowned
Mzia Atanelov arab girl in a car with Borya Unowned
Aleksandr Brodskiy Unowned
Shmuel Wolf Unowned
Levan Gabriadze Merab Papashvili's colleague Unowned
Gelena Kirik Unowned
Leri Gaprindashvili militiaman Unowned
Vladimir Gusev Ivan Petrovich Fyodorov Unowned
Ts. Dadiani Unowned
Moris Janashvili guest at the wedding Unowned
Nino Koberidze conductor on the train Unowned
Darejan Jojua Taxi dispatcher Unowned
Veronika Izotova flight attendant Unowned
Smadar Kilchinsky Unowned
Sasha Klein Unowned
T. Kipiani Unowned
L. Kublashvili Unowned
Sh. Koen Unowned
B. Koen Unowned
Yuriy Kushneryov doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurant Unowned
Georgiy Kupriyanov Unowned
Abesalom Loria trainmaster Unowned
Guram Lortkipanidze Yasha's neighbor Unowned
Ruslan Mikaberidze Mustafa is Turkish Unowned
L. Mikaeli Unowned
A. Mirzani Unowned
L. Nergul Unowned
Dato Papuashvili KGB officer Unowned
Igor Piliev Unowned
Israel Rubinchik Unowned
Boris Smorchkov Unowned
Irina Fandera Unowned
Rene Khobua (credit only) Unowned
Galina Churilina lunch lady Unowned
A. Shazar Unowned
Konstantin Aleksandrov waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Georgiy Daneliya arab with a donkey (uncredited) Unowned
Vladimir Korovkin airplane pilot (uncredited) Unowned
Evgeniy Kuleshov man at the airport (uncredited) Unowned
Roman Madyanov person passing through customs control (uncredited) Unowned
Iosif Ryklin 'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited) Unowned
Irina Shmeleva Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited) Unowned
Eduard Sushkov man on a plane (uncredited) Unowned
Amiran Amiranashvili (II) Unowned