The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts don't burn

Directed by Yuriy Kara

Produced by Tvorcheskaya Assotsiatsiya Mezhdunarodnykh Programm

2011128 min5.5 / 10

A darkly fantastical, philosophically dense adaptation of Bulgakov's masterwork that weaves together persecution, forbidden love, and supernatural intervention to explore art, faith, and redemption.

The Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. The Moscow authorities are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. His assistant and muse, Margarita, tries to help the Master through the supernatural powers she got from the devil, Woland, who is visiting Moscow.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Master and Margarita sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Master and Margarita scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Master and Margarita violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Master and Margarita easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does The Master and Margarita end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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