2024

2h 37m

7.0(92 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.

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Cast & Crew

82 members

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Евгений Цыганов

Master

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Юлия Снигирь

Margarita

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August Diehl

Woland

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Юрий Колокольников

Korovyev

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Леонид Ярмольник

Stravinskiy

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Александр Яценко

Aloysius

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Алексей Гуськов

Maygel

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Алексей Розин

Azazello

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Игорь Верник

Bengalskiy

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Марат Башаров

Likhodeyev

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Polina Aug

Hella

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Дмитрий Лысенков

Latunskiy

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Яна Сексте

Praskovya Fyodorovna

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Павел Ворожцов

Varenukha

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Claes Bang

Pontius Pilate

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Aaron Vodovoz

Yeshua Ha-Notsri

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Юра Борисов

Behemoth (voice)

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Никита Тарасов

investigator

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Денис Пьянов

Nikanor Bosoy

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Валерий Кухарешин

Rimskiy

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Софья Синицына

Frida

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Александр Тютин

Zheldybin

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Данил Стеклов

Bezdomniy

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Евгений Князев

Berlioz

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Аркадий Коваль

Archibald Archibaldovich

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Марк Доронин

boy

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Paulina Vrublevska

fancy girl

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Anna Vartanova

stenographer

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Vladislav Makogonchuk

Unknown Role

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Viktor Kim

Presidium of the Writers' Union's member

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Ilya Slanevskiy

Gindin/Yeshua/Rykov

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Danil Smirnov

barkeeper

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Ilya Fomenko

stagehand

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Timofey Olkov

bully

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Александр Сибирцев

caring husband

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Юлия Джулай

Komsomol girl

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Александра Розанова

Grunya

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Ilia Popov

Abbadon

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Val Sorokin

builder

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Makram J. Khoury

Caiaphas

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Евгений Харитонов

doorkeeper

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Ekaterina Belaya

actress

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Adeliya Abdulova

cabaret dancer

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Imran Chelabiev

Unknown Role

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Николай Пинский

militia officer at Patriarch's Ponds

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Tatyana Vydrina

Latunskiy's neighbour

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Evgeniy Nemirovskiy

sergeant Solntsev

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Сергей Кузнецов

Ivan the Terrible

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Степан Гвоздиков

Red Army soldier

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Денис Яковлев

Dvubratskiy

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Ekaterina Zhuravlyova

Komsomol girl

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Tatyana Zhuravlyova

Komsomol girl

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Михаил Коновалов

customer

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Владимир Цупка

Soviet writer

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Denis Matveychuk

guest

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Dmitry Vorontsov

Duke Jacques

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Мария Дубина

Annushka

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Агриппина Стеклова

Nepremenova

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Валентин Самохин

Poprikhin

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Сергей Беляев

Sokov

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Tatyana Klyukina

Latunskiy's neighbour

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Сергей Фролов

skeptical spectator

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Олег Назаров

Margarita's husband

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Стефани Елизавета Бурмакова

restaurant singer

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Анна Богомолова

fancy girl

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Anna Zaykovskaya

fancy girl

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Дмитрий Рудков

Parchevskiy

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Ирина Фролова

naked citizen

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Mikhail Vorotnikov

tall centurion

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Natalya Reva-Ryadinskaya

shopgirl

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Roman Ladnev

Lyubanka's adjutant

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Татьяна Мишина

motorwoman

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Алиса Олейник

streetcar woman

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Olga Mukhina

streetcar woman

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Андрей Аверков

militia officer

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Viktor Vorontsov

Genrikh Yagoda

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Sergey Kozhaev

Malyuta Skuratov

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Philip Matveev-Vitovsky

Caligula

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Kadyr Saidharun

Ramses

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Mariya Yanycheva

Josephine

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Denis Glod

Rasputin

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Nikolay Evstafyev

croupier

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