Zerograd
| Zerograd, Zero City | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Written by | Karen Shakhnazarov Aleksandr Borodyansky |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nikolay Nemolyaev |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Zerograd (Russian: Город Зеро, romanized: Gorod Zero), 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.