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Master i Margarita

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20052005
  • 8h 20m
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Master i Margarita (2005)
DramaFantasyMystery
The devil and his attendants visit Moscow at the times of the Stalin regime. Official atheistic ideology confronts with a series of supernatural events.The devil and his attendants visit Moscow at the times of the Stalin regime. Official atheistic ideology confronts with a series of supernatural events.The devil and his attendants visit Moscow at the times of the Stalin regime. Official atheistic ideology confronts with a series of supernatural events.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
4.2K
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POPULARITY
23,901
14,408
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    • Stars
      • Aleksandr Abdulov
      • Oleg Basilashvili
      • Vano Miranyan
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    • Stars
      • Aleksandr Abdulov
      • Oleg Basilashvili
      • Vano Miranyan
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    • 30User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Episodes10

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    Semyon Strugachyov in Master i Margarita (2005)
    Semyon Strugachyov in Master i Margarita (2005)
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    Anna Kovalchuk in Master i Margarita (2005)
    Tanya Yu in Master i Margarita (2005)
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    Aleksandr Abdulov, Anna Kovalchuk, and Vano Miranyan in Master i Margarita (2005)
    Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anna Kovalchuk, and Vano Miranyan in Master i Margarita (2005)
    Oleg Basilashvili and Vladislav Galkin in Master i Margarita (2005)
    Aleksandr Abdulov in Master i Margarita (2005)
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    Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Basilashvili, and Anna Kovalchuk in Master i Margarita (2005)

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    Aleksandr Abdulov
    Aleksandr Abdulov
    • Koroviev
    10 episodes10 eps • 2005
    Oleg Basilashvili
    Oleg Basilashvili
    • Woland
    9 episodes9 eps • 2005
    Vano Miranyan
    Vano Miranyan
    • Behemoth the Cat
    9 episodes9 eps • 2005
    Semyon Furman
    Semyon Furman
    • Behemoth the Cat…
    9 episodes9 eps • 2005
    Aleksandr Chaban
    Aleksandr Chaban
    • Investigator
    9 episodes9 eps • 2005
    Aleksandr Filippenko
    Aleksandr Filippenko
    • Azazello
    8 episodes8 eps • 2005
    Valentin Gaft
    Valentin Gaft
    • Man in Uniform…
    8 episodes8 eps • 2005
    Vladislav Galkin
    Vladislav Galkin
    • Ivan Bezdomny
    7 episodes7 eps • 2005
    Leonid Maksimov
    • Investigator's Assistant
    7 episodes7 eps • 2005
    Dmitriy Poddubnyy
    Dmitriy Poddubnyy7 episodes7 eps • 2005
    Anna Kovalchuk
    Anna Kovalchuk
    • Margarita
    6 episodes6 eps • 2005
    Kirill Lavrov
    Kirill Lavrov
    • Pontius Pilate
    6 episodes6 eps • 2005
    Ilya Oleynikov
    Ilya Oleynikov
    • Rimsky
    6 episodes6 eps • 2005
    Valeriy Krupenikov6 episodes6 eps • 2005
    Aleksandr Galibin
    Aleksandr Galibin
    • Master
    5 episodes5 eps • 2005
    Sergey Bezrukov
    Sergey Bezrukov
    • Ieshua Ha-Notsri
    5 episodes5 eps • 2005
    Tanya Yu
    Tanya Yu
    • Gella
    5 episodes5 eps • 2005
    Liubomiras Laucevicius
    Liubomiras Laucevicius
    • Afranius
    5 episodes5 eps • 2005
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    7/10
    good adaptation
    I watched this mini on a DVD so my perception wasn't as fragmented as it perhaps would have been if I watched one episode a day on TV. I read 'Master and Margarita' at least ten times so I know it pretty much by heart. It came as a relief that Bortko followed the original text so closely and didn't turn it in one of Hollywood 'junk' adaptations. There's no point in getting hysterical about the fact that this film is not as good as the book – it could never be. I agree with other comments here that many dialogues are 'still born' because the text was transferred from the book too literally with no dramatic adaptation, particularly when Bulgakov's 'author's' commentaries were used in the dialogues. Abdulov and Basilashvili were the best. To my mind, Basilashvili, in particular, added to my previous perception of Woland and expanded this character if that's at all possible. The main complains are Begemot all of whose personifications failed miserably and Gaft's character who was completely out of context and rather weird. Gaft already played Beria in another movie and his appearance here looked like a piece cut out from that movie and pasted into this one. However this is all minor and generally I enjoyed the film. I was only really disappointed with Bortko's interpretation of the Ball. Having followed the book so maniacally to the last letter he suddenly deviated off track and not in a good way. In Bulgakov's book the Ball is an explosion of colour, light and music with walls of flowers and rainbow fountains. Whether it was a poor budget to blame or inability to use decent special effects but Bortko created some grey depressing place in the middle of nowhere which looked rather bizarre. Bulgakov featured Margarita flying through the ball halls in shoes made of rose petals and wearing nothing except heavy pendant over her neck whereas Bortko dressed her in torture chains and pinned her to the ground. It all looked a bit sado-masochistic and I doubt Bulgakov saw it that way. I'm surprised no one here commented on it. All in all I think it's not a bad attempt, certainly for a mini. I was expecting something much worse having seem some of the rubbish produced my Russian movie makers these days. To those who say it's awful, I think you should calm down and accept that Bulgakov's book and this movie are completely separate entities and the film can't be as deep because it can't reproduce all the philosophical richness of the literary work. It could try but then it won't appeal to a wider audience which prefers easily digestible adaptations.
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    • Release date
      • December 19, 2005 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Official site
      • Official site (Russia)
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • The Master and Margarita
    • Filming locations
      • Israel
    • Production companies
      • Goskino
      • Telekanal Rossiya
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      8 hours 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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