Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lynn Roth directs. Wlad Marhulets scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Hungary. Dialogue in Hungarian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 6 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hungarian, English.
• 3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Hungary.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5Original score by Wlad Marhulets. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6August Maturo and Ayelet Zurer and Ken Duken carry the top of the cast.
• 7IMDB entry: tt3278810 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 83 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score

Wlad Marhulets

Runtime

93 min · 1h 33m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020) ↗

Also by

Lynn Roth

• 
  The Little Traitor

  2009 · ★ 6.2
• 
  Changing Habits

  1997 · ★ 2.7

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Shepherd: The Hero Dog | UK Trailer | 2020 | WWII Drama

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  FocusFox

  HU

• JD

  JDOG Films

Key crew

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• based on novel or book
• world war ii
• f word
• dog

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2019-03-05· JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival
• Premiere2019-05-04· Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
• Premiere2019-02-23· Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• Theatrical (limited)2020-02-22
• Digital2020-06-29

Also known as

International titles

• Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish DogUS
• Shepherd: The Hero DogCA
• Овчарка. История еврейской собакиRU