City Zero
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City Zero is a surreal Soviet satirical film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that explores absurd bureaucracy and existential disorientation in a mysterious provincial town.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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surrealist film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gorod Zero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zero City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonid Filatov NERFINISHED ⓘ Oleg Basilashvili NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Menshov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
Soviet bureaucracy
ⓘ
authoritarian absurdity ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| director | Karen Shakhnazarov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
alienation
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loss of identity ⓘ power structures ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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satire ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdist
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deadpan ⓘ |
| hasSurrealElements | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleInRussian | Город Зеро NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult ⓘ |
| leadActor | Leonid Filatov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
absurd bureaucracy
ⓘ
existential disorientation ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sergei Nikitin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | an engineer trapped in a bizarre town ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | open-ended ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
Kafkaesque
ⓘ
dreamlike ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | late Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| producedBy | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Karen Shakhnazarov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mysterious provincial town ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late Soviet era ⓘ |
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