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Heart of a Dog

(1988)

November 11, 1988 2h 16m
79%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Vladimir Bortko

Director

Top Billed Cast

EE

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy

BP

Boris Plotnikov

Doctor Bormental

VT

Vladimir Tolokonnikov

Sharikov

NR

Nina Ruslanova

Darya Petrovna

OM

Olga Melikhova

Zinochka

AM

Aleksei Mironov

Fyodor

RK

Roman Kartsev

Shvonder

AN

Anzhelika Nevolina

Vasnetsova

NF

Natalya Fomenko

Vyazemskaya

EK

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

Pestrukhin