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The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 25, 2024

Runtime

2h 37m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

User Score

69%

Original Title

Мастер и Маргарита

Production Companies

Mars Media Entertainment, AMedia, Profit, Kinoprime Foundation

Director

Michael Lockshin

Budget

$15,000,000

Description

Moscow, 1930s. A prominent writer's works are suddenly censored by the Soviet state and the premiere of his theatrical play about Pontius Pilate is canceled. He's kicked out of the Soviet Writer's Union, and quickly turns into an outcast with no means to survive. Inspired by Margarita - his lover, he begins working on a new novel in which all the characters are satirically reinterpreted from his life. The novel's central character is Woland - a mystical dark force who visits Moscow to revenge all those who caused the writer's downfall. As the Master sinks himself deeper and deeper into his novel, adding himself and Margarita as characters, he gradually stops noticing as the border between reality and his imagination fades away.