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The Master and Margarita

2005 · 1 season

A dense, theatrical literary adaptation that shifts between satire, romance and the supernatural, rewarding patience with a haunting, melancholy grandeur.

Created by
Vladimir Bortko
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Aleksandr Galibin, Anna Kovalchuk, Oleg Basilashvili
Overview
The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

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Created by
Vladimir Bortko
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Aleksandr Galibin, Anna Kovalchuk, Oleg Basilashvili
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • faith
  • identity
  • madness
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour4
Realism4
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by
Vladimir Bortko
Starring
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Music
Igor Kornelyuk
Cinematography
Valery Myulgaut
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network
Russia-1
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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