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Zerograd
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Zerograd (), also translated as City Zero, Zero City or Zero Town, is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, described as an absurdist comedy by Mosfilm. A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin. At the factory he sees a naked secretary, but nobody seems to pay attention to this; later we encounters a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime, and other strange characters. In addition it turns out that he cannot leave the town.
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6.7Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
Cast
- Leonid Filatov as Алексей Михайлович Варакин
- Oleg Basilashvili as Василий Николаевич Чугунов, председатель писательской организации
- Vladimir Menshov as Николай Иванович Смородинов, прокурор города
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Пал Палыч, директор завода
- Aleksei Zharkov as следователь
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as Степан Филиппович Иванов, председатель горисполкома
Themes
- phantasmagoria
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
2,874 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Zerograd, Zero City
- Film.image
- Zerograd_1989_film_poster.jpg
- Film.director
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Film.writer
- Karen Shakhnazarov Aleksandr Borodyansky
- Film.music
- Eduard Artemyev
- Film.cinematography
- Nikolay Nemolyaev
- Film.runtime
- 97 minutes
- Film.country
- Soviet Union
- Film.language
- Russian
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 802852
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- publication date
- 1988-10-00
- title
- Город Зеро
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Zerograd (), also translated as City Zero, Zero City or Zero Town, is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, described as an absurdist comedy by Mosfilm. A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin. At the factory he sees a naked secretary, but nobody seems to pay attention to this; later we encounters a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime, and other strange characters. In addition it turns out that he cannot leave the town.
==Plot== Alexei Varakin is an engineer from Moscow, on a business trip to a nameless town in the Soviet Union. When Alexei arrives at the factory, the pass he requested is missing. Inside, the manager's secretary is working naked, but nobody seems to mind. The manager is unaware of the chief engineer's death. During lunch at an empty restaurant, Alexei is offered a cake shaped like his head, which he refuses. The cook who made the cake is upset and commits suicide.