The Passport (movie)

The Passport (movie)

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  • User score: 6.3
  • Production country: Austria, France, Soviet Union
  • Producer: Georgiy Daneliya
  • Production companies: Mosfilm, Ritm
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release date: 6/6/1990
  • Run time: 103 min.

Movie description

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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Gérard Darmon

Gérard Darmon

Role(s): Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili

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Natalya Gundareva

Natalya Gundareva

Role(s): Inga

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Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

Role(s): Borya - nicknamed «Paris»

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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Role(s): Semyon Klain - «Senya»

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Evgeni Leonov

Evgeni Leonov

Role(s): Embassy employee in Austria

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