The Master and Margaret (1972)

Original title

Il maestro e Margherita

Directed by

Aleksandar Petrović

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

15+

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer in 1920s Moscow meets a mysterious figure who may be the devil. The film follows his strange encounters and the story of his lover Margaret.

dramaticwhimsicalserioustheatricalmysterioussatiricalliteraryslow-paced

What happens

The Master and Margaret (Serbo-Croatian: Мајстор и Маргарита, Majstor i Margarita, Italian: Il maestro e Margherita) is a 1972 Italian-Yugoslav fantasy drama film directed and co-written by Aleksandar Petrović, loosely based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1940 novel of the same name, although it mainly focuses on the parts of the novel set in 1920s Moscow. It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, with Bata Živojinović picking up the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the 1972 Pula Film Festival. The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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