Zerograd

Zerograd, Zero City
Directed byKaren Shakhnazarov
Written byKaren Shakhnazarov Aleksandr Borodyansky
StarringLeonid Filatov
Oleg Basilashvili
Vladimir Menshov
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
CinematographyNikolay Nemolyaev
Music byEduard Artemyev
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Zerograd (Russian: Город Зеро, romanizedGorod 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]

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences