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Zerograd is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Karen Shakhnazarov released in USA on 2 november 1989 with Leonid Filatov
Zerograd (1989)
Город Зеро
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Add to a movie listZerograd (Russian: Город Зеро, translit. Gorod Zero) is a 1988 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.
Synopsis
Alexeï Mikhaïlovitch Varakine est envoyé par une entreprise de Moscou pour demander à une usine située en province de changer une pièce dans les climatiseurs qu'elle fabrique. Arrivé sur place, Varakine est plongé dans une ambiance absurde et cauchemardesque. La secrétaire du directeur est nue à son bureau, le directeur lui-même semble ne pas connaître sa propre usine et l'ingénieur en chef susceptible de traiter la demande de Varakine est mort depuis huit mois.Actors
Leonid Filatov
(Aleksei Varakin)
Oleg Basilashvili
(Vasiliy Chugunov, The Writer)
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov
(prosecutor Nikolay Smorodinov)
Armen Djigarkhanian
(factory director Pavel Palych)
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
(museum curator)
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