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Zerograd MVD

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
MVD (Firm)
Language:
English
Russian
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 41 min., 40 sec)) sound
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2024
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : MVD, [1988]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
Part Kafka, part Agatha Christie and part Monty Python, Russian director Karen Shakhnazarov's surreal satire of Communism follows an Everyman engineer named Varakin (Leonid Filatov) who arrives in a remote city where nothing quite makes sense, but everyone acts as if it does. And once he arrives in Zerograd, he finds himself unable to escape. Also released as Gorod Zero. Gold Hugo-Best Feature, Chicago International Film Festival, 1989. Silver Spike-Best Film,Valladolid International Film Festival, 1989. In Russian with English subtitles. Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. Soviet Union
Notes:
Originally released by MVD, 1988
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 03, 2024
Title from distributor's description
Publisher Number:
292068 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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