And the movie has an international cast. Woland, for instance, is played by August Diehl, the German actor. The Master and Margarita is a beloved book in Russia, but it is also part of world culture.

Misha Doumnov, a guest at SBS Melbourne, has recently created a new band called Lazrbees, composed music for the Art Gallery of NSW and is working on Margarita (Woland), a piece inspired by ...