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Heart of a Dog (1976) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1976 · 113 mins · Italian
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- Directed by
- Alberto Lattuada
- Starring
- Max von Sydow, Mario Adorf, Vadim Glowna, Eleonora Giorgi, Howard Nelson Rubien, Cochi Ponzoni
Professor Preobrazhensky undertakes a bold experiment, transplanting human organs into a stray dog in an attempt to create a human‑like being. The procedure produces a crude half‑human, half‑dog creature whose unpredictable behavior forces the scientist to realize that the animal is better left unchanged.
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