The film is an adaptation of the novel The Master and Margarita written by the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov.

This series follows faithfully the storyline of Bulgakov's original novel, except for the nighttime scenes.

Due to the limited budget, Wojtyszko said he had focused on good acting rather than on special effects.

At least one character was 'added' by the staff of Mr. Wojtyszko to the number appearing in the original novel by Bulgakov - i. e. a 'Ms.

Karaulina' (featured by Ms. Krystyna Sienkiewicz [1935-2017]) - a 'mother' (as she describes herself at the Griboyedov) and a writer, who 'wrote five kolkhoz novels in sixteen years with no leave', whose 'windows face a WC' and who is 'chased around the flat by a lunatic with axt'.