The Master and Margarita in feature films
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It's amazing how many movie adaptations there exist of The Master and Margarita, and more are coming up. The American production company Stone Village Productions, for instance, is working on a film that should be ready in 2012.
Some films respect the Bulgakov-tradition: they never found their way to the cinema theatres or got completely lost.
The films of Paul Bryers and Andrzej Wajda have in common that they are only telling the biblical story of The Master and Margarita. The film by Aleksandar Petrovic is exactly the opposite: the action takes entirely place in Moscow.
Some other directors present a highly idiosyncratic view of the story. Both Giovanni Brancale and Andras Szirtes made their films in a contemporary setting, the first in Florence, the other in New York. And the duo Vladimir Vasilyev and Boris Yermolaev tells the story through an intrigue set in the world of the ballet.
With the menu on the right of this page you can see the technical details of the movies, read articles on them, and watch excerpts.
Not all movies are completely documented. Of some films I have only te technical details. If you know more about them, if you have fragments ore maybe the entire film, please contact me, I will be grateful forever.
Subtitled films
On demand of many visitors of this site, the webmaster made English, French, German and Dutch subtitles for the film Master i Margarita, made by Yuri Kara. The DVD with subtitles is available in the webshop.
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Feature films
- Introduction
- Stone Village Productions - 2012
- Giovanni Brancale - 2008
- Ibolya Fekete - 2005
- Sergey Desnitsky - 1996
- Yuri Kara - 1994
- Paul Bryers - 1992
- Andras Szirtes - 1990
- Vladimir Vasilyev - Boris Yermolaev - 1986
- Aleksandar Petrovic - 1972
- Andrzej Wajda - 1972