Preview: The Master and Margarita

Q&A

Followed by Q&A with director Michael Lockshin

28.04.2025

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The film adaptation of the classic novel of the same name by the writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who criticizes the Soviet surveillance apparatus. We are showing the film as a preview before its release. The screening will be followed by a film talk with director Michael Lockshin.

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Moscow, 1930s: The work of a well-known writer is censored by the Soviet state. Inspired by his beloved Margarita, he begins writing a novel in which people from his real life appear as satirical caricatures. At the center stands Woland, a dark power that takes revenge on all those responsible for the author's ruin. The writer, who henceforth refers to himself as the "Master," increasingly loses the ability to distinguish between reality and fiction.

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