Heart of a Dog

A canine citizen of Moscow gets a crash course in humanity, with all the bureaucracy and bad manners included. After a surgeon implants a dead man’s pituitary gland into stray dog Sharik, he emerges as the wonderfully crude Poligraf Sharikov, a man who quickly learns to vote, complain, and demand housing. The film’s idea of resurrection is less miracle, more municipal nightmare.

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Vladimir Bortko directed Heart of a Dog in 1988. See Vladimir Bortko's full filmography, where to start with Vladimir Bortko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Vladimir Bortko.

Heart of a Dog was released in 1988 (RU original-language production), with a runtime of 136 minutes.