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Zerograd 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.
Original Release
10/18/1989
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leonid Filatov | Aleksei Varakin |
| Oleg Basilashvili | The Writer / Vasiliy Chugunov, The Writer |
| Vladimir Menshov | The Prosecutor / Nikolay Smorodinov, The Prosecutor |
| Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | The Factory Director / Pal Palych, the factory manager |
| Evgeniy Evstigneev | The Museum Director / museum curator |
| Aleksey Zharkov | Investigator |
| Pyotr Shcherbakov | The Mayor / Stepan Ivanov, chairman of the city executive committee |
| Yuriy Sherstnyov | The Waiter / Kudryumov, waiter |
| Elena Arzhanik | The Secretary / Nina, secretary |
| Tatyana Khvostikova | Anna |
Directors
Writers
Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Leonid Filatov | Aleksei Varakin |
| Oleg Basilashvili | The Writer / Vasiliy Chugunov, The Writer |
| Vladimir Menshov | The Prosecutor / Nikolay Smorodinov, The Prosecutor |
| Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | The Factory Director / Pal Palych, the factory manager |
| Evgeniy Evstigneev | The Museum Director / museum curator |
| Aleksey Zharkov | Investigator |
| Pyotr Shcherbakov | The Mayor / Stepan Ivanov, chairman of the city executive committee |
| Yuriy Sherstnyov | The Waiter / Kudryumov, waiter |
| Elena Arzhanik | The Secretary / Nina, secretary |
| Tatyana Khvostikova | Anna |
| Aleksandr Bespalyy | |
| Yevgeni Zernov | |
| Arnold Ides | |
| Olga Konovalova | Liza |
| Misak Gevorkyan | young Stalin |
| Oleg Savosin | mushroom picker |
