Heart of a Dog

(1988)

★ 8.5 IMDb · 9,458 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1988

Runtime: 136 min

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Владимир Бортко

Cast: Евгений Евстигнеев, Борис Плотников, Владимир Толоконников, Нина Русланова, Ольга Мелихова

Plot

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.