📜 Overview:
"Heart of a Dog" is a Soviet film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novella. Set in 1920s Moscow, it tells the satirical and darkly humorous story of a stray dog named Sharik, who is transformed into a human by Professor Preobrazhensky through a daring medical experiment. The resulting man, Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, embodies the social and ideological tensions of early Soviet society. With its sharp critique of class struggle, human nature, and the perils of radical change, the film is celebrated for its faithful adaptation, brilliant performances, and rich allegorical depth.
🌏 Languages Available:
Russian
📆 Date Released:
1988-11-11
⌚ Running Time:
136 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.858
Beloved Cast
Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Doctor Bormental
Boris Plotnikov
Sharikov
Vladimir Tolokonnikov
Darya Petrovna
Nina Ruslanova
Zinochka
Olga Melikhova
Fyodor
Aleksei Mironov
Shvonder
Roman Kartsev
Vasnetsova
Anzhelika Nevolina
Vyazemskaya
Natalya Fomenko
Pestrukhin
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
Zharovkin
Ivan Ganzha
Valentina Kovel
The Patient
Sergei Filippov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Persikov
Roman Tkachuk
A. Savostyanov
A. Ruden
Yu. Volkov
Anatoly Slivnikov
Yury Eller
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Yuriy Oskin
V. Kolpakov
M. Shtein
Evgeniy Ilovayskiy
A. Martinkainen
Nora Gryakalova
Boris Sokolov
Aleksandr Pashkevich
Viktor Glazkov
O. Letnikov
Sergey Bekhterev
Aleksandr Belinsky
Aleksandr Strunin
Spiritual Seance Participant
E. Kharkevich
K. Sirotova
Natalya Lapina
M. Kucherov
