Heart of a Dog

Original title: Sobachye serdtse

TV Movie
1988
PG
2h 16m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

11K

YOUR RATING

RussianFarcePeriod DramaSatireComedyDramaSci-Fi

In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the sam... Read allIn the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.

Director
- Vladimir Bortko
Writers
- Nataliya Bortko
- Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Vladimir Bortko
Writers
- Nataliya Bortko
- Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Storyline

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Trivia
A dog named Karai was filmed in the role of Sharik. The owner and trainer of the dog is Yelena Nikiforova. The dog was in the service of the police and by the beginning of filming, the heroic mongrel had 38 arrests on its account. After "Heart of a Dog" Karay starred in four more films.

Quotes
Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov: You are wrong here. I didn't ask you to perform the operation, did I? A fine business! You go and grab hold of an animal, slice his head open... and now you're sick of him! I didn't give permission to operate on me, did I? Neither did my relatives. I guess I have the right to sue you.
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky: So you object to having been turned into a human being, do you? Maybe you'd prefer to be sniffing around garbage cans again? Or freezing under gateways?
Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov: Why do you keep on at me? Garbage cans, garbage cans! Perhaps I was making my living there. And what if I'd died under your knife? What d'you say to that, comrade?
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky: My name is Philip Philipovich. I'm no comrade of yours!
Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov: Oh sure, I know. Of course, how else, we're not your comrades! How could we? We understand, sir! We didn't go to universities. We never had a flat of fifteen rooms and a bathroom. Only now it is time to forget about all that.