The Master and Margherite (1972)
Il maestro e Margherita (1972)
DVDRip | AVI | 688 x 360 | XviD @ 1162 Kbps | 93 min | 0,98 Gb
Dual Audio: Serbo-Croatian MP3 @ 128 Kbps; Italian MP3 @ 192 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Spanish
Genre: Art-house, Fantasy, Mystery
DVDRip | AVI | 688 x 360 | XviD @ 1162 Kbps | 93 min | 0,98 Gb
Dual Audio: Serbo-Croatian MP3 @ 128 Kbps; Italian MP3 @ 192 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Spanish
Genre: Art-house, Fantasy, Mystery
The Master and Margaret (1972) is based on the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. The film is set in the Soviet Union under Stalin, it has several story-lines, that are intertwined. Maestro Nikolai Masoudov (Tognazzi), a talented writer, and his assistant Margaret (Farmer), are working on a biblical story of Pontius Pilate (Tadic). The Satan - Woland (Cuny), and his lieutenants, are harassing Master by surveillance, by killing his friend, and sending another friend to Gulag prison in Siberia. Victimized by their harassment, Master becomes paranoid, and is locked up in a mental institution. Margaret is trying to save him regardless of the danger.
Aleksandar Petrovic's 'Maestro e Margherita, II (1972) is a visual masterpiece and probably the most important 'dissident' movie from former Yugoslavia. Unlike other dissident films such as 'Kako Sam Sistematski Unisten od Idiota' or 'Varljivo Leto '68' it is brave, straightforward, intelligent and funny. On the other hand, its criticism of greed and hypocrisy resembles the work of yet another Yugoslav director, Dusan Makavejev's 'Sweet Movie'.Although the film retains opulent 'mysticism' and spirituality of Bulgakov's novel 'Master and Margarita' it nevertheless additionally depicts local atmosphere and political circumstances of than uncomfortable Yugoslav reality. The film was banned for about 20 years. However, it successfully survives and continues to present recent past in an unique and brave way.IMDB Reviewer
The Master and Margherite (1972)
