Sobachie Serdtse (Heart of a Dog / Собачье сердце)
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Release info:
Heart.of.a.dog.1988.E02.EN
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Well-known surgeon Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky happens to need a dog and lures the animal to his big home annex practice with a piece of sausage. The dog is named Sharik and well taken care of by the doctor's maids, but still wonders why he is there. He finds out too late he is needed as a test animal : The doctor implants a pituitary gland and testicles of a recently deceased alcoholic and petty criminal Klim Chugunkin into Sharik.