General Information

Original Title

Gorod Zero

Author/Creator

Shakhnazarov, Karen, director.

Language

Russian.

Published

Soviet Union : Mosfilm, 1988.

Physical Description

VHS (98 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy: a secretary works naked, a group of people take the engineer as a rock & roll player, and, in addition, he becomes a witness to a suicide, becoming trapped inside the town. What we see is more than just an absurd story. Strange situations dot not merely describe an awkward way of life, they portray an end of the Soviet life as such. Overall "Gorod Zero" became a prophecy. The one from which it was nowhere to "run".

Subjects

Genre

Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

City Zero

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
VHS	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0440	Available	-	-