The Passport (1990)

  • NR
  • 06/06/1990 (SU)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 43m

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.

Georgiy Daneliya

Director, Writer

Revaz Gabriadze

Writer

Arkadiy Khayt

Writer

Cast

Gérard Darmon's headshot

Gérard Darmon

Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
Natalya Gundareva's headshot

Natalya Gundareva

Inga
Oleg Yankovskiy's headshot

Oleg Yankovskiy

Borya - nicknamed «Paris»
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's headshot

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Semyon Klain - «Senya»
Evgeni Leonov's headshot

Evgeni Leonov

Embassy employee in Austria
Mamuka Kikaleishvili's headshot

Mamuka Kikaleishvili

Moisha Sepiashvili
Leonid Yarmolnik's headshot

Leonid Yarmolnik

Borya's Israeli partner
Levan Pilpani's headshot

Levan Pilpani

Vakhtang Papashvili - father

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