---
title: 'The Master and Margaret (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksandar Petrović'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-master-and-margaret-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068894/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Master and Margaret (1972)

1972 · 100 min · Drama, Fantasy · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Italy

Original title: Il maestro e Margherita

## Synopsis

The Master and Margaret is a 1972 Italian-Yugoslav fantasy drama film directed and co-written by Aleksandar Petrović, loosely based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1940 novel of the same name, although it mainly focuses on the parts of the novel set in 1920s Moscow.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksandar Petrović](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandar-petrovic)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksandar Petrović](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandar-petrovic), [Barbara Alberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-alberti), [Amedeo Pagani](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-pagani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Arrigo Colombo](https://cinepixo.com/people/arrigo-colombo), [Giorgio Papi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-papi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roberto Gerardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-gerardi)

## Cast

- [Taško Načić](https://cinepixo.com/people/tasko-nacic)
- [Velimir Bata Živojinović](https://cinepixo.com/people/velimir-bata-zivojinovic)
- [Alain Cuny](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-cuny)
- [Danilo Stojković](https://cinepixo.com/people/danilo-stojkovic)
- [Ugo Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-tognazzi)
- [Pavle Vuisić](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavle-vuisic)
- [Mimsy Farmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimsy-farmer)
- [Ljuba Tadić](https://cinepixo.com/people/ljuba-tadic) as Pontius Pilatus
- [Branislav Jerinić](https://cinepixo.com/people/branislav-jerinic) as Pontius Pilatus
- [Vasa Pantelić](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasa-pantelic)
- [Eva Ras](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-ras)
- [Branka Veselinović](https://cinepixo.com/people/branka-veselinovic)
- [Branko Pleša](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-plesa)
- [Janez Vrhovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/janez-vrhovec)
- [Fabijan Šovagović](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabijan-sovagovic)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-master-and-margaret-1972
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