The Passport
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-06-06
Runtime: 103 mins
Director: Georgiy Daneliya
Writer: Georgiy Daneliya, Revaz Gabriadze, Arkadiy Khayt
Spoken language: English, ქართული, Pусский
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: The Passport
Production Companies: Mosfilm, Ritm
Production Countries: Austria, France, Soviet Union
Cast
Gérard Darmon
Natalya Gundareva
Oleg Yankovskiy
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Evgeni Leonov
Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Leonid Yarmolnik
Levan Pilpani
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
Nina Ter-Osipyan
Sharon Hacohen
Nutsa Koguashvili
Kim Sullivan
Christian Fellat
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