Heart of a Dog

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy

Boris Plotnikov

Doctor Bormental

Vladimir Tolokonnikov

Sharikov

Nina Ruslanova

Darya Petrovna

Olga Melikhova

Zinochka

Aleksei Mironov

Fyodor

Roman Kartsev

Shvonder

Anzhelika Nevolina

Vasnetsova

Natalya Fomenko

Vyazemskaya

Evgeniy Kuznetsov

Pestrukhin