Heart of a Dog

Year: 1988

Runtime: 136 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Vladimir Bortko

ComedyScience FictionDrama

A Soviet adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella set in 1920s Moscow, the film follows stray dog Sharik who, after a daring experiment by Professor Preobrazhensky, becomes the crude human Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov. Through dark humor and satire it exposes class conflict, the folly of radical reform and human nature, earning praise for its faithful translation, strong performances and layered allegory.

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