Heart of a Dog (1988)
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👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
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Cast
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
Is Heart of a Dog good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 207 TMDB ratings.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
