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.
Starring
Gérard Darmon, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Yankovskiy
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Year context
Passport was released 36 years ago in 1990.
Overview
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 rea...
Passport is a Comedy, Drama film with a runtime of 1h 43m.
CAST (20)
Gérard Darmon
Merab Papashvili/Yasha Papashvili
Natalya Gundareva
Inga
Oleg Yankovskiy
Borya - nicknamed «Paris»
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Semyon Klain - «Senya»
Evgeni Leonov
Embassy employee in Austria
Mamuka Kikaleishvili
Moisha Sepiashvili
Leonid Yarmolnik
Borya's Israeli partner
Levan Pilpani
Vakhtang Papashvili - father
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
Bernstein - Inga's uncle
Nina Ter-Osipyan
Inga's aunt
Sharon Hacohen
Jane - american journalist
NK
Nutsa Koguashvili
Kim Sullivan
Gamlet - Tengiz's companion from Murumbia
Christian Fellat
Tengiz
Igor Kvasha
chief rabbi of the Moscow synagogue
Rocky Albert Nirschl
academician Sesershvili
Aleksandr Berda
Vasiliy Ermolenko
Claude Aviram
waiter at the restaurant
Amiran Amiranashvili (II)
Suren, the taxi driver
NA
N. Anokhina
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What is 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 Passport?
Passport has a runtime of 103 minutes (1h 43m).
Who stars in Passport?
The cast of Passport includes Gérard Darmon, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Evgeni Leonov.
What is the rating of Passport?
Passport has a rating of 6.0 out of 10 based on 30 votes on TMDB.
GENRES (2)
Comedy
Drama
