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Zerograd, Zero City | |
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Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
Written by | Karen Shakhnazarov Aleksandr Borodyansky |
Starring | Leonid Filatov Oleg Basilashvili Vladimir Menshov Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev |
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), sometimes called Zero City or Zero Town, is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a small town on a business trip, where his adventures begin. He meets a naked secretary at a local factory, a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime and other strange characters. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]