The Passport (1990)
Original title: Паспорт
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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.
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Gérard DarmonMerab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
Oleg YankovskiyBorya - nicknamed «Paris»
Natalya GundarevaInga
Armen DzhigarkhanyanSemyon Klain - «Senya»
Evgeni LeonovEmbassy employee in Austria
Mamuka KikaleishviliMoisha Sepiashvili
Leonid YarmolnikBorya's Israeli partner
Levan PilpaniVakhtang Papashvili - fatherYa'ackov Ben-SiraBernstein - Inga's uncle
Nina Ter-OsipyanInga's auntSharon HacohenJane - american journalistNutsa KoguashviliKeywords
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What is The Passport about?
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.
How long is The Passport?
The Passport has a runtime of 103 minutes.