"1917 - 1936" . . "Soviet Union" . . . . . . . "Based on the novel by Mikhail Bulghakov, \"Master and Margaret\" is not only a story of devils visiting soviet and antireligious Moscow, of true and victorious love, of Jesus meeting Pontius Pilate. Above all it is existing proof of a great and praiseworthy belief that the world after all, is not so bad, and the people, if only given a chance are simply good." . . "Drama" . . . . "Master and Margherite" . . . . . "\"Writer Nikolai Masoudov (Ugo Tognazzi), 'the Master', is working on a play about Pontius Pilate when two suspicious representatives of the Soviet government start following his every step. Accompanying them is a professor of Black Magic, Voland (Alain Cuny). Paranoia sets in, as the Master believes not only that the Devil himself is after him, but also that his assistant Margaret (Mimsy Farmer) is also conspiring with the forces of evil. But when locked up in a mental hospital, it is Margaret that attempts his rescue under the ever-present threat of the evil forces that surround them\"--Container." . . . . "Master and Margarita" . . . . "Foreign films" . . . . . . . . . "Writer Nikolai, \"the master\", is working on a play about Pontius Pilot when two suspicious Soviet government officials begin to follow him. The government has sensured his work, even causing the deaths of two close allies. Paranoia sets in and he believes that the devil is after him and that his assistant, Margaret, is conspiring with other evil forces. Margaret attempts to rescue \"the master\", from a mental institute, even as the threat of evil forces surround them." . . . . . . . . . "Il maestro e Margherita The master and Margherite" . . . . . "Master and Margaret" . "Feature films" . . . "Il maestro e Margherita The Master and Margherite" . .