---
title: 'Zerograd (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karen Shakhnazarov'
released: '1988-10-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zerograd-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095244/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zerograd (1988)

1988 · 97 min · Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy · Soviet Union

Original title: Город Зеро

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karen Shakhnazarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-shakhnazarov)
- **Screenplay:** [Karen Shakhnazarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-shakhnazarov), [Alexander Borodyansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-borodyansky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nikolai Nemolyaev](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-nemolyaev)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Menshov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-menshov)
- [Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeniy-yevstigneyev)
- [Aleksei Zharkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-zharkov)
- [Elena Arzhanik](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-arzhanik)
- [Leonid Filatov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-filatov)
- [Oleg Basilashvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-basilashvili)
- [Pyotr Shcherbakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-shcherbakov)
- [Armen Dzhigarkhanyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/armen-dzhigarkhanyan)

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