Zerograd, also translated as City Zero, Zero City or Zero Town, is a 1989 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, described as an absurdist comedy by Mosfilm. A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin. At the factory he sees a naked secretary, but nobody seems to pay attention to this; later we encounters a prosecutor who wants to commit a crime, and other strange characters. In addition it turns out that he cannot leave the town.

Plot

Alexei Varakin is an engineer from Moscow, on a business trip to a nameless town in the Soviet Union. When Alexei arrives at the factory, the pass he requested is missing. Inside, the manager's secretary is working naked, but nobody seems to mind. The manager is unaware of the chief engineer's death. During lunch at an empty restaurant, Alexei is offered a cake shaped like his head, which he refuses. The cook who made the cake is upset and commits suicide.