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The Passport (1990)

Poster for The Passport

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Georgiy Daneliya
  • Profile picture of Gérard Darmon
    Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili Gérard Darmon
  • Profile picture of Natalya Gundareva
    Inga Natalya Gundareva
  • Profile picture of Oleg Yankovskiy
    Borya - nicknamed «Paris» Oleg Yankovskiy
  • Profile picture of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
    Semyon Klain - «Senya» Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
  • Profile picture of Evgeni Leonov
    Embassy employee in Austria Evgeni Leonov
  • Profile picture of Mamuka Kikaleishvili
    Moisha Sepiashvili Mamuka Kikaleishvili
  • Profile picture of Leonid Yarmolnik
    Borya's Israeli partner Leonid Yarmolnik
  • Profile picture of Levan Pilpani
    Vakhtang Papashvili - father Levan Pilpani

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Keywords

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