“Heart of a Dog” is considered a cult novella, published in 1987 and adapted for the screen by Bortko a year later.
The 1920s. The twentieth century. Professor Preobrazhensky, a renowned surgeon, conceived an unusual experiment—an operation to transplant a human pituitary gland and even testicles into a dog. Such an opportunity to turn into a human being was given to the stray dog Sharik. And the donor was Klim Chugunkin, who died in a brawl—a troublemaker, alcoholic, and hooligan. The results of the experiment were more than surprising…