The Passport
1990 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,271 VOTES · DIR. Georgiy Daneliya
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 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 441 lines
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00:00:29 Marina Klain
00:04:40 Granpa. Granpa!
00:08:27 I'm sorry, my precious, forgive me. Brother leaving his homeland for good, to Israel. And we forgot to take earth from our motherland's soil.
00:12:08 Uncle Vasya, you got checkmated.
00:13:55 Oh ya?..
00:16:40 Look after our things, okay?
00:20:14 Excuse me, are you Ivan Petrovich?
00:23:57 Be a friend, sell some dollars to me?
00:27:39 Secretary. What you say? Ready to enter the high society?
00:32:31 Here we left, as you see. And came back. --..Where's sergeant?--Bastard he is, not a sergeant.
00:35:38 Here's a thought, you'll end up put in prison by ours too. Crossing the border with false papers, from three to five years. For sure .
00:39:23 Mister Papashvili, are reasons behind your departure of religious, or political nature?--Well, how to tell you, both ways.
00:43:39 Okayyy, now you going to tell me the truth, who send you, and for what. "Yasha's brother".
00:47:15 Let's presume. But if I had money, what I would need you for?-- I'm your brain center.--You?--Me.
00:52:32 So how do you like it, in Israel?--Yes. I like it.--Like what, for example?
00:56:22 ..I am the one who brought him.
00:59:35 Stop, jews, don't drink! You have no idea for what kind of animal you are about to drink! This "gentlemen" is a Soviet spy! Yes! Yesterday, he arrived to Israel, and demanded a ransom! From me!
01:05:34 Excuse me, where is Finnish embassy?-- On your right, this is American.
01:09:57 Father! Hello, father, how are you?--Repeat.--That's me, Merab! Can you hear me, father?!
01:14:52 Come on, Jane, don't cry..--Get lost..
01:18:01 Thank you, Jane.
01:24:15 I forgot them at home. My friend got tired. I took my turn behind the wheel.
01:31:23 Drink. Drink! Take it! Got offened.
01:39:11 Border guard!