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The Master and Margarita

2023 · 157 min · Director: Michael Lockshin ★ IMDb 7.1 · 7,458 ratings

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Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita". 1930's, Moscow. A famous writer finds himself in the middle of a scandal. His novel is banned, and soon after the theatrical premier of his play is canceled. In just a few days he becomes an outcast in the USSR. Inspired by these misfortunes - the writer gets to work on a new novel, in which Moscow is visited by a mysterious foreigner by the name of Woland. Woland's goal at first is to bring everyone that has wronged the writer to justice. He and his wacky entourage does this in both comic and horrifying ways. At the same time, the writer falls madly in love. However, Margarita is married and as he soon learns can't ever leave her husband. As despair mounts, the writer begins to lose a grip on reality and starts to believe that only Woland can grant the writer and Margarita the possibility of being together.

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The Master and Margarita (2023) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Confusion 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  2. Fear15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Confusion, Curiosity. Genres: Drama, Romance, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 73 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessHumor
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension48 %43 %17 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 12′Tension50 %45 %26 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 20′Tension54 %48 %30 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 27′Humor55 %40 %30 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 35′Love60 %39 %31 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 43′Disturbing66 %54 %25 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 51′Tension63 %58 %24 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 59′Love56 %45 %23 %31 %
42.5 %≈ 67′Humor59 %31 %16 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 75′Love61 %29 %20 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 82′Love63 %44 %20 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 90′Humor68 %54 %16 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 98′Humor68 %51 %30 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 106′Sadness70 %59 %54 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 114′Sadness79 %65 %71 %9 %
77.5 %≈ 122′Sadness74 %55 %65 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 130′Tension65 %52 %39 %13 %
87.5 %≈ 137′Disturbing70 %59 %28 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 145′Disturbing70 %50 %35 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 153′Sadness63 %37 %42 %20 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

August Diehl

Woland

YS
Yulia Snigir

YS
Yuliya Snigir

Margarita

ET
Evgeny Tsyganov

Master

Claes Bang

Pontius Pilate

AG
Aleksey Guskov

Maygel

AR
Aleksey Rozin

Azazello

AY
Aleksandr Yatsenko

Aloysius

YK
Yevgeni Knyazev

Berlioz

DS
Danil Steklov

Bezdomniy

PA
Polina Aug

Hella

LY
Leonid Yarmolnik

Stravinskiy

DL
Dmitry Lysenkov

Latunskiy

IV
Igor Vernik

Bengalskiy

YS
Yana Sekste

Praskovya Fyodorovna

AV
Aaron Vodovoz

Yeshua Ha-Notsri

MB
Marat Basharov

Likhodeyev

VK
Valeriy Kukhareshin

Rimskiy

PV
Pavel Vorozhtsov

Varenukha

Details

Directed by
Michael Lockshin
Written by
Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Michael Lockshin, Roman Kantor, Roman Kantor
Type
Movies
Released
2023
Runtime
157 min
Country
Croatia, Russia
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 7,458 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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