Bortko is not afraid of Woland

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14.06.2004

In Saint-Petersburg the shootings for the new TV-series of Vladimir Bortko started. So far no other Russian director succeeded in putting The Master and Margarita on screen.

Director Yuri Kara made a film, but that one did not (yet) reach the theatres. Some known superstitious actors refused a role in the series. But Bortko himself is not afraid of Woland or other evil forces.

A TV-series is often considered as less than a movie picture, but Bortko doesn't mind. Only television offers the opportunity to tell a seven hours story.

Actor Ivan Krasko, who played already in more than 40 movies, has a minor role with only a few lines of text - he's one of the taxi drivers who got fake money. He only needed one day of shooting but he obviously liked it very much.

English subtitles and soundtrack

Your webmaster made English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Dutch subtitles for this series. They are available on DVD in the Web shop of this site.

In the Web shop you will also find the CD with the soundtrack of the series, composed by Igor Kornelyuk and with music by Dmitry Lensky, Johann Strauss Jr. and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.



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