Film

Heart of a Dog

1988 · 2h 16m · Drama · Comedy · Science Fiction

IMDb

8.5

In 1920s Moscow, shortly after the October Revolution, a stray dog named Sharik is taken in by Professor Preobrazhensky, a wealthy and respected surgeon. The professor performs a daring medical experiment on the dog that changes him into a human being. As the newly transformed Sharikov begins to navigate life in the professor’s apartment, his crude behavior and revolutionary ideas turn the household upside down.

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy

Boris Plotnikov

Doctor Bormental

Vladimir Tolokonnikov

Sharikov

Nina Ruslanova

Darya Petrovna

Olga Melikhova

Zinochka

Aleksei Mironov

Fyodor

Roman Kartsev

Shvonder

Anzhelika Nevolina

Vasnetsova

Natalya Fomenko

Vyazemskaya

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

Pestrukhin

Ivan Ganzha

Zharovkin

Valentina Kovel

Sergei Filippov

The Patient

Roman Tkachuk

Nikolai Nikolayevich Persikov

Aleksey Savostyanov

A. Ruden

• Vladimir BortkoDirector
• Nataliya BortkoScreenplay
• Mikhail BulgakovNovel
• Yuriy ShaygardanovDirector of Photography
• Vladimir DashkevichOriginal Music Composer
• Leda SemyonovaEditor

Release date

November 11, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

12+

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction

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