Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Authorities in Moscow are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master throws his manuscript into the fire, before he is locked up in a mental clinic. His assistant and Muse Margarita tries to help Master using the supernatural powers she got from the devil - Woland who is visiting Moscow..

The Master and Margarita

The director's story about his life in the Soviet Union before leaving for Israel in 1971. The film intertwines chronicle-documentary footage and fragments of films by Mikhail Kalik.