Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog (1988)

"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.

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  • Release Date: 1988-11-11
  • Runtime: 2h 16min
  • Director: Vladimir Bortko

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Cast

  • Evgeniy Evstigneev

    профессор Филипп Преображенский

  • Boris Plotnikov

    доктор Борменталь

  • Vladimir Tolokonnikov

    Шариков

  • Nina Ruslanova

    Дарья Петровна

  • Olga Melikhova

    Зиночка

  • Aleksei Mironov

    Федор

  • Roman Kartsev

    Швондер

  • Anzhelika Nevolina

    Васнецова

  • Natalya Fomenko

    Вяземская

  • Evgeniy Kuznetsov

    Пеструхин

  • Ivan Ganzha

    Жаровкин

  • Valentina Kovel

  • Sergei Filippov

    пациент

  • Roman Tkachuk

    Николай Николаевич Персиков

  • 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

  • E. Kharkevich

    участница спиритического сеанса

  • K. Sirotova

  • Natalya Lapina

  • M. Kucherov

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