The Passport (1990)
1990 · 1h 43m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya
Writers: Revaz Gabriadze, Georgiy Daneliya, Arkadiy Khayt
Music by: Gia Kancheli
Cinematography: Vadim Yusov
Editor: Tatyana Egorycheva, Olga Grinshpun
Cast
Gérard Darmon as Merab Papashvili/Yasha PapashviliNatalya Gundareva as IngaOleg Yankovskiy as Borya - nicknamed «Paris»Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Semyon Klain - «Senya»Evgeni Leonov as Embassy employee in AustriaMamuka Kikaleishvili as Moisha SepiashviliLeonid Yarmolnik as Borya's Israeli partnerLevan Pilpani as Vakhtang Papashvili - fatherYa'ackov Ben-Sira as Bernstein - Inga's uncleNina Ter-Osipyan as Inga's auntSharon Hacohen as Jane - american journalistNutsa KoguashviliMore like this
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