they say bortko have already establish himself a a talented re teller of great masterpiece . he have idiot and sobachye serdtse to his credit and which have receive positive critique of the audience and their status notwithstanding . master i margarita and however and be so far the highlight of his direct career . yes and it be a tv version and one usually do not expect much from tv serial . but tell me how be one suppose to fit in a masterpiece into two three hour of screen time . how can one do this when literally every page of the book contain some new information and an unexpected development and an interesting dialog and or a crazy combination of all three . i can only commend bortko for do such a great job of bring to screen the all time classic of russian literature ( and thank him for not do the same that some of the western country do to their own classic ) . now and on to the version itself . the cast be superb and i shall not get tire of state this . galibin a master and kovalchuk a margarita match their character so perfectly it be uncanny even . galibin truly bring out his talent in this role the role that be not a very playable one a the character do not go through much action or much visible change . the play here be deep and have the actor be less talented and the master would have turn out apathetic and insipid . but that do not happen here and we have a master we see broken . and we feel his pain and just as well a we feel margarita pain and overwhelming desire to do anything to get her life back to happiness it once contain . woland . if you expect him to be a stylized and sleek version of evil a some of the movie aestheticizing violence show their villain you will be disappoint . basilashvili woland be monumental and without a shed of light in him . he be not an entertainer and he do not make lighthearted joke or give out histrionic retort . he do not lick his lip or give dirty look a most of villain be stereotype to do . woland in this version be the master of the novel and the planet . he be slightly tire of people silliness but behind his seem exhaustion immense power be hide . well and what do you expect he the satan himself . woland companion match him perfectly as well . koroviev be dream come true in abdulov interpretation and whereas azazello show how demon can try to be nice and come out rather fatherly at that . unfortunately and the naughty of the clique and begemot and be the only weakness of the tv version . he be voice by one of the talented actor of the new generation of russian act school and but the puppet and the cat costume they use for begemot most of the time seriously leave much to be desire . overall and this film deserve a strong 8 and and have it have a good animate begemot and i would have give it 9 as well . the only thing that do not allow me to give it a full 10 be the cgi failure of the film . where the actor play their role superbly and the special effect threaten to ruin the impression from the film . thankfully and the actor performance do not allow for get distract with the cgi too much . that and already and do say a bit about the level of act in the film and no .