Heart of a Dog

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 11, 1988

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Evgeniy Evstigneev,Boris Plotnikov,Vladimir Tolokonnikov,Nina Ruslanova,Olga Melikhova,Aleksei Mironov,Roman Kartsev,Anzhelika Nevolina,Natalya Fomenko,Evgeniy Kuznetsovand 27 more

Director

Vladimir Bortko

Writer

Mikhail Bulgakov,Nataliya Bortko,Yuli Kim

Cinematography

Yuriy Shaygardanov

Music

Vladimir Dashkevich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0096126