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Directed by Semyon Tumanov Music by Vladimir Rubin Edited by Valentina Kulagina Director Semyon Tumanov Music director Vladimir Rubin | 7.7/10 IMDb Written by Izrail Metter Cinematography Alexander Kharitonov Initial release 13 March 1965 Production company Mosfilm Screenplay Izrail Metter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Yemelyanov
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Come Here, Mukhtar! (Russian: Ко мне, Мухтар!, Ko mne, Mukhtar!) is a 1964 drama film directed by Semyon Tumanov.
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Plot
The film is about mutual devotion of police lieutenant Glazychev and shepherd nicknamed Mukhtar. Selfless dog, ready to pay its life, helps the owner in most dangerous situations that almost every day are prepared for them at the uneasy service.
History of creation
Mukhtar had a prototype of the heroic dog Sultan, in ten years of police service it took part in five thousand operations, detained more than a thousand criminals and found stolen property worth of three million rubles. After the death of the Sultan his body was turned into a stuffed animal and with detailed description of the merits exhibited at the Museum of Leningrad Criminal Investigation Department, which in 1959 was visited by the famous Soviet writer Izrail Metter.
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.
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.