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7.2/10   1,032 votes
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Director:
Vladimir Bortko
Writer:
Mikhail A. Bulgakov (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 December 2005 (Russia) more
Plot:
Master and Margarita (2005) is a Menippean film based on the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov.... more
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User Comments:
I gave 5 stars because the result is not adequate to the original book, which is 10 and is read by everyone in former SU more

Cast

  (Series Credited cast)
Anna Kovalchuk ... Margarita
Aleksandr Galibin ... Master
Oleg Basilashvili ... Woland
Vladislav Galkin ... Ivan Bezdomny
Kirill Lavrov ... Pontius Pilate
Aleksandr Abdulov ... Koroviev

Aleksandr Filippenko ... Azazello
Sergey Bezrukov ... Ieshua Ha-Notsri
Aleksandr Bashirov ... Behemoth
Semyon Furman ... Behemoth
Valentin Gaft ... Caiaphas / Man in uniform
Aleksandr Adabashyan ... Berlioz
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gennadi Bogachyov ... Aloiziy Mogarich
Nikolai Burov ... Archibald
Aleksandr Chaban ... Investigator
Olga Kalmykova
Roman Kartsev ... Poplavskiy
Stanislav Landgraf ... Latunskiy
Liubomiras Lauciavicius ... Agent Afranij
Vasili Livanov ... Doctor Stravinsky
Vadim Lobanov ... Nikolai Ivanovich
Sergei Muchenikov
Dmitri Nagiyev ... Judas of Kerioth
Kseniya Nazarova ... Natasha
Ilya Oleynikov ... Rimskiy
Yuri Orlov
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny ... Likhodeev
Andrei Sharkov ... Varenukha
Georgi Shtil ... Fokich
Valentin Smirnitsky ... Sempleyarov
Viktor Smirnov ... Prokhor
Semyon Strugachyov ... Levi Matthew
Natalya Surkova
Aleksandr Titov
Vladimir Tolokonnikov ... Accountant
Andrei Tolubeyev ... Aloiziy Mogarich
Rasina Tsydalko
Andrei Urgant ... George Bengaskiy
Nina Usatova ... Shturman George
Valentina Yegorenkova
Tanya Yu ... Gella (as Tanya Yu)
Valeriy Zolotukhin ... Bosoy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Мастер и Маргарита" (Russia)
"Master and Margaret" (International: English title)
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Runtime:
500 min
Country:
Russia
Language:
Russian
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Israel more
Company:
Goskino more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many scenes were filmed in St. Petersburg, Russia. Director Bortko, who lives in St. Petersburg, made such a decision, because in his words, "St. Petersburg today still looks more like 1930s Moscow". more
Movie Connections:
Version of "Mistrz i Malgorzata" (1990) more

FAQ

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13 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
I gave 5 stars because the result is not adequate to the original book, which is 10 and is read by everyone in former SU, 3 January 2006
5/10
Author: konstancij from Latvia

There is no reason, why anybody who likes the book would not see this mini. Simply because there is no other screen version made. However, i'am disappointed. I gave 5 stars because the result is not adequate to the original book, which is 10 and is read by everyone in former SU. The difference with original, historical mistakes and technical imperfections are least boring by the way. The greatest disappointment is the simplification of most parts, which where so brilliantly "multylayerly" depicted in written version. All dramatic episodes including all in Jerusalem are total failure. In contrast, many of comic and episodic scenes are funny and truly well made. But this cant save 10 series long movie: some of them are entire waste of time, full of long senseless dialogs. Why the same dialogs and scenes are OK in the book? - there is magic, i dare say, that lost in screen version. Another way to justify screen version is to add creative material from filmmaker. May be answer some questions, that left open by writer. For example, many people don't dig why episodes with Jesus are so important to break main storyline. Why? - no answer in movie, even less clear. Now I doubt the line of Master and Margo is needed too. It could be cute film about Satan & co visiting Moscow.

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