Khrustalyov, My Car! (Khrustalyov, Mashinu!). Aleksey German, 1998.
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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2019. Russian language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 148 minutes.
Summary: Rough handling of domestic animals, but no representations of those animals being injured.
Details:
1) At the beginning of the film, the teenage boy who likes 1950’s science and inventions has harnessed the family dog to the clothes line, as seen in a brief shot of the dog sailing through the cluttered apartment.
2) A large fish is stored in a bath tub, luring the cat to jump into the tub (off-screen). After the splash, the soaking white cat is scruffed and hand-squeegeed.