The cast features Satan, a vodka-swilling cat named Behemoth, Jesus Christ, Pontius Pilate, a writer known as the Master and his lovely consort, Margarita. An amazing and uniquely Russian mixture of fable, fantasy, political satire, and black comedy. — Lily Ringler
A multi-layered, complex, allegorical, anti-Stalin masterpiece suppressed by Stalin's regime. Literary Moscow is the target of Satan disguised as a foreigner, also the central character. Shocking, profound, and darkly humorous. — Jess Hanlon