Original subtitles

Produced by Studio 2-B-2 Entertainment

with the support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography

Mikhail Bulgakov

The MASTER and MARGARITA

Woland Oleg Basilashvili

Margarita Anna Kovalchuk

Pilate Kirill Lavrov

Yeshua Sergej Besrukov

Ivan Homeless Vladislav Galkin

Koroviev Aleksandr Abdulov

Cat Behemoth Aleksandr Bashirov, Vano Miranjan, Semen Furman

Afranius Liubomiras Laucevičius

Levi Matthew Semyon Strugachyov

Investigator Aleksandr Tshaban

Natasha Kseniya Nazarova

Mogarych - Gennadi Bogachev Latunsky - Stanislav Landgraf

Prokhor Petrovich - Viktor Smirnov Anna Richardovna - Natalya Surkova

Investigator - Aleksandr Tshaban Bengalsky - Andrey Urgant

Music Igor Kornelyuk

Cinematographer Valeri Myulgaut

Co-Producer - Ruben Dishdishyan Producer - Vladimir Bortko

Executive Producers Anton Zlatopolsky, Valery Todorovsky

Screenwriter and Director Vladimir Bortko

Part Five

The articles kept coming.

At first, I simply laughed at them.

But the more of them appeared, the more my attitude changed.

Then came the stage of fear.

When I turned off the lamp in my little bedroom before bed...

...I saw something creeping in through the window-

-though it was closed.

Some sort of octopus...

...with long, cold tentacles.

I began to fear the dark.

The stage of mental illness had begun.

Forgive me.

For what?

For telling you to publish the excerpt.

Leave it all! Go south to the Black Sea-

-and spend the rest of your money.

Are you listening?

All right, tomorrow I'll buy a ticket.

I'll do it. I'll buy the ticket for you.

Why so much?

I'm afraid of thieves.

Keep it until I leave.

I'd sooner die than leave you...

...in such a state.

But they're waiting.

I must bow to necessity.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Please, don't be afraid of anything.

You?

You!

God, how could you!

I hate this novel.

I'm ill... frightened.

I'll cure you... cure you!

You'll restore the novel.

Why...

Why didn't I keep a copy for myself!

That's what comes of lying.

I don't want to lie any longer.

I'd stay with you now, but...

I don't want my husband to remember me leaving in the night.

I'll tell him in the morning.

I'll tell him... I love another man.

I'll return to you forever.

Or maybe you don't want that?

My poor dear...

Poor dear.

Bad things will happen to me.

And I don't want you to perish with me.

Is that the only reason?

The only one.

I'll perish with you.

In the morning, I'll be back here.

The last thing I remember in my life...

A strip of light... from my hallway.

And in that light, her loosened curl...

...eyes full of determination.

I also remember... the black silhouette...

...on the threshold of the door.

And her white figure.

A quarter of an hour after she left...

...I was arrested.

How did...

How did you get here?

In mid-January...

...in the same coat...

...but with the buttons torn off...

Hey wacko, need a lift?!

The driver took pity on me...

And to my surprise, he gave me a lift.

I got frostbite on two toes... of my left foot.

But that...

...that was treated.

But you could have let her know...

Besides, she still had your money.

She kept it, didn't she?

Of course, she kept it.

But you don't understand me.

In front of her lay a letter from a madhouse.

How can you send letters from such an address?

A mental patient...

You're joking, my friend.

No...

Why make her unhappy?

I couldn't do that to her.

However...

I hope that she has forgotten me.

But you might recover.

I'm incurable!

I don't deny, though, that I'm much better now.

I've been here for four months, and you know-

-I find it...

...quite, quite... good here.

One shouldn't set oneself too grand plans, my dear neighbour.

For instance, I...

...wanted to travel the whole world...

Evidently, it's not meant to be...

And...

...I can see only a small piece of this world...

I think it's not the best part of it.

But I repeat...

...it's not so bad.

Summer is coming...

Soon the ivy will twine.

The keys have increased my options.

There'll be a moon at night.

Ah...

It's gone.

It's cooler.

The night is ending.

I must go.

Tell me...

What happened to Yeshua and Pontius Pilate?

I beg you, I need to know!

Ah, no...

I... can't recall my novel without trembling.

Your companion at the Patriarch's - he'd do it far better than I would.

Thank you for the conversation.

Goodbye.

ROBBER AND REBEL

Yeshua, I save you from torment and go with you!

I am Matthew, your only and faithful disciple!

Back off!

Back off, I say!

Oh, God... I'm too late!

Oh, I'm a fool, a fool!

A foolish woman, a coward!

I'm carrion, not a man!

God!

Why are you angry with him?

Send him death!

I curse you, God!

You are deaf!

If you weren't deaf, you would hear me!

And kill him right now!

You're not an almighty God!

You are a God of darkness. I curse you!

God of robbers! Their soul and their protector!

Yeshua Ha-Notsri!

Can you hear me?

What do you want?

Why have you come to me?

Drink!

It's not fair!

Let me drink too.

He's a criminal just like me!

Silence second post!

Let him drink!

Praise merciful Hegemon!

Hegemon...

Dead.

Go back!

Why won't you look me in the eye... when you serve me!

Have you stolen something?

Get out!

"The darkness that came in from the Mediterranean-

-covered the city so hated by the Procurator."

"Yershalaim-

"-the great city-

-vanished as if it had never existed."

Yes, yes...

The same mistake again.

Why did I leave him that night?

Why?

It was madness!

Yes, I came back...

But like poor Levi Matthew, it was too late.

Margarita Nikolaevna, shall I make dinner?

My husband's away for three more days - I don't care.

Yesterday at the theatre, a conjurer did tricks everyone gasped!

He gave everyone two bottles of foreign perfume and stockings for free!

And then, when the show ended, everyone went outside -

- Snap! - they were all naked!

Natasha, shame on you!

You are a clever, educated girl.

People lie, devil knows what, and you just repeat it.

They were not lying, Margarita Nikolaevna!

Yesterday the militsiya arrested a hundred people.

Women ran along Tverskaya in just their underwear.

I want to show a trick too...

Please take this!

But don't run in just stockings on Tverskaya.

-and don't listen to gossip.

Thank you!

NKVD!

All the Variety staff to the office.

Ace, keep working!

Ace, search!

Search, Ace!

Ace, search! Work!

Search, Ace!

Search, Ace!

Ace, come back! Back, Ace!

Yes...

Bookkeeper Lastochkin. What is the magician's name?

Wo... Woland, I think...

Or maybe it's not Woland.

Maybe it's Faland.

Courier Karpov.

-Posters, right? -Right.

But overnight they got pasted over - nothing's left.

Assistant director.

Where did this magician come from?

Who knows.

So, was a contract signed with him?

I suppose so.

If a contract was signed, wouldn't it have passed accounting?

-Most certainly. -Where is it?

Not here.

Everyone can go!

Except bookkeeper Lastochkin.

I need to hand over yesterday's takings...

The assistant can do it.

Let's go!

You know, Fagott, that, among other things-

-this building is famous for its marble columns in the hall.

Let's go!

THE SPECTACLES COMMISSION

Attention, comrades, attention!

Collectivism is the heart of our life.

Although we've organised study groups on Lermontov-

-chess, draughts, ping-pong, and horse riding-

-they don't cover our entire collective due to varying skills and interests.

As you know, this summer, as agreed-

-we're organising clubs for rowing-

-and alpine climbing.

But there's not room for everyone.

However, let me introduce you to comrade Koroviev-

-a prominent specialist in organising choral groups.

Comrades!

I solemnly assure you, singing takes up hardly any time at all-

-but the benefits you get from it are immense!

I encourage everyone to be cheerful.

And please, sign up!

Laaaaa...

Shoo!

What's this then, citizeness - shooing visitors away?!

And where? Have you lost your mind?

How dare you barge in without permission?

I've come on business.

I'm busy!

You're not busy at all!

What the hell is going on?

Get him out of here! The devil take me!

The devil take you? As you wish!

VARIETY THEATRE

MOSCOW MILITARY CHOIR

-Is the car free? -Show me the cash.

Here...

-A tenner. -No no, go!

-I beg your pardon. -Got any threes?

Get in.

Let's go! Holy moly.

-Why, no change? -Pockets full of change!

It's my third case today, others have had it too.

Some son of a bitch gave me a tenner.

I gave him 4.50 in change.

The swine got out.

Five minutes later I look - damn it!

It's a mineral water label! Holy moly!

Another one, on Zubovskaya - a tenner.

I gave him three roubles change. He got out...

I opened my wallet. There's a bee inside!

It stings my thumb! Look!

And the tenner's gone!

Yesterday at the Variety, some viper of a magician-

-did a séance with tenners. Holy moly!

-Thanks! -No problem!

Nothing, nothing, there's nothing!

The suit is there, but inside it there's nothing.

Thank God! At least one brave soul!

I...

Everybody ran off! Everybody betrayed us!

Everybody betrayed us! You understand?

Come... come with me to him, I don't know what to do!

I don't know...

It's written on the door - No visitors!

Can you see, can you see?!

He's not here, he's not!

Bring him back, bring back...

I always tried to stop him when he swore by the devil!

Now the devil's got him!

Prosha, where are you?

Who are you calling "Prosha"?

He doesn't recognise me...

He doesn't recognise...

You understand!

Please don't sob in the office.

No, I can't look at it!

I can't bear to see this! I simply can't!

Let's not weep, citizeness!

Listen, they can't stop singing!

I hear.

We'll sort this out!

-You see! -Hurry up!

Do something, doctor, I'm begging you...

You must control yourself. Stop singing.

Take this!

You see, comrade officer, we have a case of mass hypnosis...

Calm down... stand up!

Comrades, follow me to the exit!

Follow me, follow me! This way, comrades, towards the exit!

Don't crowd here, please! Everyone out...

Come along, come along...

A deposit slip, please.

Why do you need one?

I've cash to deposit, from the Variety.

How much?

21 thousand... and 711 roubles.

Oh-ho!

He's a trickster from the Variety!

I just...

You're under arrest!

Right into the alley, quick to the psychiatric hospital!

Leaving town on a trip!

FROM THE MASSOLIT COMRADES

No head?

No head? No head!

-No head... -No... No head...

Where's the head?!

Militsiya!