Margarita made by Yuri Kara. Aleksandr Filippenko (Azazello in Bortko's production) is Koroviev in Kara's film, while Valentin Gaft, who plays the roles of both Caiaphas and the chief officer of the secret police in Bortko's miniseries, is Woland in Kara's film. Oleg Basilashvili (Woland) played Vladimir Talberg in Vladimir Basov's film The Days of the Turbins, and Roman Kartsev (Maksimilian Poplavsky) was Schwonder in Vladimir Bortko's screen adaptation of Heart of a Dog A main theme of The Master and Margarita, death under mysterious circumstances, remains very topical. Several deaths that have occurred, since the filming of the miniseries, among actors who played roles in it feed the idea for many Russians that a curse rests upon those who participate in a film adaptation of The Master and Margarita, and this idea is fiercely debated even today. But some events are not reported accurately. Some media report that the 29-year-old daughter of Valentin Gaft (Kaifa) would have hanged herself shortly after the filming. But that's not exact: Olga's body was discovered on August 24, 2002, three years before the filming of the series. An overview of all sudden and suspected deaths after the recordings of the TV series can be found on the Master and Margarita website. An important element of the novel is the fact that the master has no name. But when, in episode 8 of this series, Behemoth returns the manuscript of the novel to the master, we see the title page of the manuscript with the name of the author - Maksudov Nikolay Afanasievich. That is the name of the main character from Bulgakov's Theatrical Novel, which was translated in English as Black Snow, and which was also given to the master by director Aleksandar Petrović in the film The Master and Margaret from 1972. Production General Producers: Anton Zlatopolsky, Valery Todorovsky Produced by Telekanal Rossiya in collaboration with Goskino VFX: Lesta Studio Special effects: Behemoth Studio St. Petersburg Special effects: Trigraph Cast Oleg Basilashvili as Woland Aleksandr Galibin as the Master (voiced by Sergey Bezrukov) Anna Kovalchuk as Margarita Kirill Lavrov as Pontius Pilate Sergey Bezrukov as Yeshua Aleksandr Abdulov as Koroviev Aleksandr Filippenko as Azazello Aleksandr Bashirov as Behemoth (voiced by Semen Furman) Vladislav Galkin as Ivan Bezdomny Tania U as Hella Dmitry Nagiyev as Judas Iscariot / Baron Meigel Liubomiras Laucevičius as Aphranius Aleksandr Adabashyan as Berlioz Gennadi Bogachyov as Aloisy Mogarych