工程师丽拉金来到了零城一个没有坐标的城市。那里的一切都令人费解。他发现厂长女秘书全身赤裸的坐在桌子后面打字，而来往经过的人谁也不感到奇怪。瓦拉金要求厂长满足他的一项要求，厂长满口答应，不过他说要和总工程师具体接洽，而女秘书告诉瓦拉金，总工程师在8个月前就已经淹死了。瓦拉金来到一家饭店用餐，厨师送上一个人头型的蛋糕，瓦拉金发现，那个“人头”竟和自己的头一模一样。瓦拉金正在惊愕时，厨师突然被打死了。随之而来的进行侦破的检察长告诉瓦拉金，厨师就是他的父亲……
An unknown little treasure of the Soviet cinema, based on the story of a man sent to a town where nothing seems real. Definitely a feast for lovers of true cinema, while slow at times, is an intriguing, minimalistic piece of work. In fact this slowness, added to the lack of music and dialog at parts, becomes a plus for the film in a strange way. The whole movie has a dreamlike, Eraserhead-ish atmosphere, so slyly given that you often feel like you're watching someone's dream on the screen.
