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In a world filled with hustlers and black marketers, Shlykov, a hard-working, anti-semitic taxi driver, is pushed over the edge when Lyosha, a Jewish saxophonist who personifies everything he despises, stiffs him for a fare.
Original Release
10/17/1990
US Release
01/18/1991
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pyotr Mamonov | Lyosha |
| Pyotr Zaychenko | Shlykov |
| Vladimir Kashpur | Old Nechiporenko |
| Natalya Kolyakanova | Christina |
| Hal Singer | Self |
| Elena Safonova | Nina, Liocha's Wife / Nina |
| Sergey Gazarov | Administrator |
| Evgeniy Gerchakov | Bald Musician in the Taxi / musician in the taxi |
| Dmitri Prigov | Writer Typing in the Train |
| Igor Zolotovitskiy | Petyunchik |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Pyotr Mamonov | Lyosha |
| Pyotr Zaychenko | Shlykov |
| Vladimir Kashpur | Old Nechiporenko |
| Natalya Kolyakanova | Christina |
| Hal Singer | Self |
| Elena Safonova | Nina, Liocha's Wife / Nina |
| Sergey Gazarov | Administrator |
| Evgeniy Gerchakov | Bald Musician in the Taxi / musician in the taxi |
| Dmitri Prigov | Writer Typing in the Train |
| Igor Zolotovitskiy | Petyunchik |
| Valeri Khlevinsky | Fat Kolya / Kolya |
| Yelena Stepanova | Smart Young Girl / beautiful girl |
| Vladimir Sterzhakov | Musician in the Taxi |
| Konstantin Afonsky | Long-Haired Mechanic |
| Aleksandr Buyanov | Passenger with Newspaper |
| Lidiya Ezhevskaya | 'Mousy' Valya / Valya |
| Nikolay Ezhevski | Guardian |
| Sergey Galkin | Hippy |
| Irina Gobratova | Girl with Black Eye |
| Vyacheslav Gorbunchikov | Mechanic at the Taxi Depot / mechanic from the cab company |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Vladimir Repnikov | Executive Producer |
| Marin Karmitz | Executive Producer |
| Pierre Rival | Producer |
| Pavel Lungin | Producer |
| Mark Gekht | Producer |
| Aleksandr Golutva | Producer |
| Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Vladimir Repnikov | Producer |
| Olga Vasileva | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
