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The Master and Margarita

2024 · 157 min

A dense, surreal plunge into artistic persecution and devilish mischief, blending satire, romance, and creeping unreality with operatic ambition.

Directed by
Michael Lockshin
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Starring
August Diehl, Yuliya Snigir, Evgeny Tsyganov
Overview
A struggling writer in 1930s Soviet Moscow finds his life transformed when a mysterious professor arrives with his bizarre entourage, including a wisecracking trickster, a deadly assassin, a vampire maid, and a giant talking black cat, turning the city upside down while exposing the hypocrisy of those in power.

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Directed by
Michael Lockshin
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Starring
August Diehl, Yuliya Snigir, Evgeny Tsyganov
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • power
  • corruption
  • identity
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror5
Humour5
Realism4
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
fantasy, drama
Directed by
Michael Lockshin
Written by
Roman Kantor
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
Maxim Zhukov
Runtime
157 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian, German, Latin

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