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Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

1988•2h 16m•7.9/10
DramaComedyScience Fiction

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7.9/10(191)

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.

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Production

Lenfilm

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Doctor Bormental

Vladimir Tolokonnikov

Vladimir Tolokonnikov

Sharikov

Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ruslanova

Darya Petrovna

Olga Melikhova

Olga Melikhova

Zinochka

Aleksei Mironov

Aleksei Mironov

Fyodor

Roman Kartsev

Roman Kartsev

Shvonder

Anzhelika Nevolina

Anzhelika Nevolina

Vasnetsova

Natalya Fomenko

Natalya Fomenko

Vyazemskaya

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

Pestrukhin

Ivan Ganzha

Zharovkin

Valentina Kovel

Valentina Kovel

Sergei Filippov

Sergei Filippov

The Patient

Roman Tkachuk

Roman Tkachuk

Nikolai Nikolayevich Persikov

Aleksey Savostyanov

Aleksey Savostyanov

A. Ruden

Yu. Volkov

Anatoly Slivnikov

Yury Eller

Yury Eller

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

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