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.

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

Natalya Fomenko
as Vyazemskaya

Evgeniy Kuznetsov
as Pestrukhin
Tonis
The story centers on Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon, who believes he can improve humanity through scientific intervention. He performs an experimental operation, transplanting the pituitary gland and testicles of a recently deceased human alcoholic and ...