The Passport
1990, Russian. Directed by Georgiy Daneliya.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Georgiy DaneliyaDirector
- Gérard DarmonMerab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
- Natalya GundarevaInga
- Oleg YankovskyBorya - nicknamed «Paris»
- Armen DzhigarkhanyanSemyon Klain - «Senya»
- Evgeni LeonovEmbassy employee in Austria
- Mamuka KikaleishviliMoisha Sepiashvili
- Leonid YarmolnikBorya's Israeli partner
- Levan PilpaniVakhtang Papashvili - father
- Ya'ackov Ben-SiraBernstein - Inga's uncle
- Nina Ter-OsipyanInga's aunt
- Sharon HacohenJane - american journalist
- Nutsa KoguashviliCast
Details
- Released
- 6 June 1990
- Original title
- Паспорт
- Country
- France, Soviet Union, Austria, Israel
- Written by
- Revaz Gabriadze, Georgiy Daneliya, Arkadiy Khayt
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How long is The Passport?
The Passport runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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Which OTT platform is The Passport on?
The Passport isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 June 1990. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Passport?
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Who directed The Passport?
The Passport (1990) was directed by Georgiy Daneliya and stars Gérard Darmon, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Yankovsky.