Come Here, Mukhtar!

Come Here, Mukhtar!
Directed by Semyon Tumanov [1]
Written by Izrail Metter
Starring Yuri Nikulin
Dyck
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Leonid Kmit
Music by Vladimir Rubin
Cinematography Alexander Kharitonov[2]
Edited by Valentina Kulagina
Production
company
Release date
 March 13, 1965 (1965-03-13)
Running time
 78 min
Country  Soviet Union
Language Russian

Come Here, Mukhtar! (Russian: Ко мне, Мухтар!, translit. Ko mne, Mukhtar!) is a 1965 drama film directed by Semyon Tumanov.

Plot

The film is about the mutual devotion of police lieutenant Glazychev and a shepherd nicknamed Mukhtar. The selfless dog, ready to give its life, helps its owner in dangerous situations that are prepared for them at the service almost every day.

History of creation

Mukhtar was modelled after the heroic dog Sultan. In ten years of police service Sultan took part in five thousand operations, detained more than a thousand criminals, and found stolen property worth three million rubles. After the death of the Sultan his body stuffed and exhibited at the Museum of Leningrad Criminal Investigation Department with a detailed description of the merits. In 1959 the famous Soviet writer Izrail Metter visited the museum.

Being a great lover of dogs, Metter became interested in the fate of this dog and decided to dedicate one of his works of literature.[3]

So there was a psychological novel called Mukhtar (the author has changed the dog's name), published in 1960 magazine Novy Mir. The story turned out to be quite successful, and the management of Mosfilm has started its film adaptation, with scriptwriting by Metter himself.[4]

See also

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Он дарил мне ромашки…
  2. ↑ Труд
  3. ↑ Верный Мухтар
  4. ↑ Детская литература
  5. ↑ Собаки — артисты кино
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