Heart of a Dog
11/11/1988
"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.
Movie Information
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Professor Filipp Preobrazhenskyy
Boris Plotnikov
as Doctor Bormental
Vladimir Tolokonnikov
as Sharikov
Nina Ruslanova
as Darya Petrovna
Olga Melikhova
as Zinochka
Aleksei Mironov
as Fyodor
Roman Kartsev
as Shvonder
Anzhelika Nevolina
as Vasnetsova
Natalya Fomenko
as Vyazemskaya
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
as Pestrukhin
Ivan Ganzha
as Zharovkin
Valentina Kovel
as
Sergei Filippov
as The Patient
Roman Tkachuk
as Nikolai Nikolayevich Persikov
A. Savostyanov
as
A. Ruden
as
Yu. Volkov
as
Anatoly Slivnikov
as
Yury Eller
as
Yuriy Kuznetsov
as
Yuriy Oskin
as
V. Kolpakov
as
M. Shtein
as
Evgeniy Ilovayskiy
as
A. Martinkainen
as
Nora Gryakalova
as
Boris Sokolov
as
Aleksandr Pashkevich
as
Viktor Glazkov
as
O. Letnikov
as
Sergey Bekhterev
as
Aleksandr Belinsky
as
Aleksandr Strunin
as
E. Kharkevich
as Spiritual Seance Participant
K. Sirotova
as
Natalya Lapina
as
M. Kucherov
as
