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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Screenwriter
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Cast member
- Vladimir Menshov
- Composer
- Eduard Artemyev
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Narrative location
- Soviet Union
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 802852
- Political ideology
- anti-Sovietism
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- publication date
- 1988-10-00
- title
- Город Зеро
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