White Bim Black Ear

White Bim Black Ear
USSR film poster
Directed byStanislav Rostotsky
Screenplay byStanislav Rostotsky
Gavriil Troyepolsky
Based onWhite Bim Black Ear
by Gavriil Troyepolsky
StarringVyacheslav Tikhonov
Valentina Vladimirova
Mikhail Dadyko
Ivan Ryzhov
Irina Shevchuk
CinematographyVyacheslav Shumsky; Sergey Serebryannikov
Music byAndrei Petrov
Production
company
Release date
  • September 15, 1977 (1977-09-15)
Running time
183 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

White Bim Black Ear (Russian: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо, translit. Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It is based on the book of the same name, written by Gavriil Troyepolsky and is about a white Gordon Setter with a black ear who becomes homeless because of his master's illness. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.