The Passport (1990)
The Passport (1990)
A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.

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Cast

Gérard Darmon Gérard Darmon As: Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
Natalya Gundareva Natalya Gundareva As: Inga
Oleg Yankovskiy Oleg Yankovskiy As: Borya - nicknamed «Paris»
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Dzhigarkhanyan As: Semyon Klain - «Senya»
Evgeni Leonov Evgeni Leonov As: Embassy employee in Austria
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Storyline

A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.


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Details

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Language: English, ქართული, Pусский

Release Date: 06 June 1990

Country: AT, FR, SU

Runtime: 103m

Company Credits

Company: Mosfilm, Ritm

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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

Kim Sullivan

Kim Sullivan

Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from Murumbia

Christian Fellat

Christian Fellat

Tengiz

Igor Kvasha

Igor Kvasha

chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogue

Rocky Albert Nirschl

Rocky Albert Nirschl

academician Sesershvili

Aleksandr Berda

Aleksandr Berda

Vasiliy Ermolenko

Claude Aviram

Claude Aviram

waiter at the restaurant

Amiran Amiranashvili

Amiran Amiranashvili

Suren, the taxi driver

N. Anokhina

N. Anokhina

Mzia Atanelov

Mzia Atanelov

arab girl in a car with Borya

Aleksandr Brodskiy

Aleksandr Brodskiy

Shmuel Wolf

Shmuel Wolf

Levan Gabriadze

Levan Gabriadze

Merab Papashvili's colleague

Gelena Kirik

Gelena Kirik

Leri Gaprindashvili

Leri Gaprindashvili

militiaman

Vladimir Gusev

Vladimir Gusev

Ivan Petrovich Fyodorov

Ts. Dadiani

Ts. Dadiani

Moris Janashvili

Moris Janashvili

guest at the wedding

Nino Koberidze

Nino Koberidze

conductor on the train

Darejan Jojua

Darejan Jojua

Taxi dispatcher

Veronika Izotova

Veronika Izotova

flight attendant

Smadar Kilchinsky

Smadar Kilchinsky

Sasha Klein

Sasha Klein

T. Kipiani

T. Kipiani

L. Kublashvili

L. Kublashvili

Sh. Koen

Sh. Koen

B. Koen

B. Koen

Yuriy Kushneryov

Yuriy Kushneryov

doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurant

Georgiy Kupriyanov

Georgiy Kupriyanov

Abesalom Loria

Abesalom Loria

trainmaster

Guram Lortkipanidze

Guram Lortkipanidze

Yasha's neighbor

Ruslan Mikaberidze

Ruslan Mikaberidze

Mustafa is Turkish

L. Mikaeli

L. Mikaeli

A. Mirzani

A. Mirzani

L. Nergul

L. Nergul

Dato Papuashvili

Dato Papuashvili

KGB officer

Igor Piliev

Igor Piliev

Israel Rubinchik

Israel Rubinchik

Boris Smorchkov

Boris Smorchkov

Irina Fandera

Irina Fandera

Rene Khobua

Rene Khobua

(credit only)

Galina Churilina

Galina Churilina

lunch lady

A. Shazar

A. Shazar

Constantin Alexandrov

Constantin Alexandrov

waiter (uncredited)

Georgiy Daneliya

Georgiy Daneliya

arab with a donkey (uncredited)

Vladimir Korovkin

Vladimir Korovkin

airplane pilot (uncredited)

Evgeniy Kuleshov

Evgeniy Kuleshov

man at the airport (uncredited)

Roman Madyanov

Roman Madyanov

person passing through customs control (uncredited)

Iosif Ryklin

Iosif Ryklin

'Sokhnut' employee in Vienna Austria (uncredited)

Irina Shmeleva

Irina Shmeleva

Vasily's neighbor girl (uncredited)

Eduard Sushkov

Eduard Sushkov

man on a plane (uncredited)

Amiran Amiranashvili

Amiran Amiranashvili

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

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Camera

Vadim Yusov

Vadim Yusov

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Dimitri Takaishvili

Dimitri Takaishvili

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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