The Passport

The Passport

1990
1h 43min

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.

The Passport

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.
    Released
    June 1990
    Runtime
    1h 43min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    Mosfilm, Ritm
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
Acting
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
Acting
Mzia Atanelov
Mzia Atanelov
arab girl in a car with Borya
Aleksandr Brodskiy
Acting
Shmuel Wolf
Shmuel Wolf
Acting
Levan Gabriadze
Levan Gabriadze
Merab Papashvili's colleague
Gelena Kirik
Gelena Kirik
Acting
Leri Gaprindashvili
Leri Gaprindashvili
militiaman
Vladimir Gusev
Vladimir Gusev
Ivan Petrovich Fyodorov
Ts. Dadiani
Acting
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
Acting
Sasha Klein
Production
T. Kipiani
Acting
L. Kublashvili
Acting
Sh. Koen
Acting
B. Koen
Acting
Yuriy Kushneryov
Yuriy Kushneryov
doorman in a Moscow hotel restaurant
Georgiy Kupriyanov
Georgiy Kupriyanov
Camera
Abesalom Loria
Abesalom Loria
trainmaster
Guram Lortkipanidze
Guram Lortkipanidze
Yasha's neighbor
Ruslan Mikaberidze
Ruslan Mikaberidze
Mustafa is Turkish
L. Mikaeli
Acting
A. Mirzani
Acting
L. Nergul
Acting
Dato Papuashvili
Dato Papuashvili
KGB officer
Igor Piliev
Igor Piliev
Acting
Israel Rubinchik
Israel Rubinchik
Acting
Boris Smorchkov
Boris Smorchkov
Acting
Irina Fandera
Acting
Rene Khobua
(credit only)
Galina Churilina
Galina Churilina
lunch lady
A. Shazar
Acting
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
man on a plane (uncredited)
Amiran Amiranashvili
Amiran Amiranashvili
Acting
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