MOSCOW, May 21, Tatyana Ryzhkova. Another adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita will be released soon. One of the central characters is Woland, the lord of the forces of darkness. About how he will appear before the audience now, as well as who and how he played this role in previous film versions — in the material.
The most foreign: August Diehl
Mikhail Lokshin's The Master and Margarita is still in post-production, but on the Kinopoisk website it has an expectation rating of 98%.
The German August Diehl, who plays Woland, is a versatile actor. In «Disappearance» he created the image of a Nazi, in «Plan A» — a Jew who survived in a concentration camp, in «Secret Life» — a saint. And now — Satan.
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«For some, Woland is really Satan, for someone — for example, Stalin», — said the press service of the Mars Media company, which is preparing the picture for release.
Dil, in an interview with Kinopoisk, called Messir «a devil who turns out to be a figure that frees heroes.» According to the actor, everyone likes this character, he is «the main character of the novel, if there is one main character at all.» The rest «fold into a complex puzzle, but it is Woland who assembles it.» =»0.41640625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»250″ data-source-sid=»» class=»lazyload» lazy=»1″ />
The German actor carefully studied the history of this image.
«He can be completely different. There is Mephistopheles, Satan, Lucifer — we meet all these names in Bulgakov's work. I decided that it would be a light, ageless gentleman who looks at humanity like a tourist in a foreign country,» Diel explained.
Woland in his performance is inquisitive and even a little playful, he is never bored.
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"We are sure that we have found the perfect embodiment of Woland in the magnificent German artist August Diehl. In the analysis of the role, August showed an amazing knowledge of the book «The Master and Margarita» and an understanding of how to convey all the versatility of the character and mind of this character,» said Lokshin.
According to screenwriter Roman Kantor, this Woland is closer to Bulgakov's than the versions of Gaft and Basilashvili.
«< p>"Foreigner with a German accent looking "over forty years old". We wanted to convey a striking contrast between him and the rest of the characters in The Master and Margarita, he notes.
Initially, the film was called «Woland», but later the name was changed: nevertheless, the love line of the Master and Margarita is central. Nevertheless, there will be many episodes with Messire and his retinue.
The most convincing: Oleg Basilashvili
The director of The Master and Margarita in 2005, Vladimir Bortko, did not consider anyone on the role of the mystical «foreigner». And Oleg Yankovsky, who turned down the offer because he didn't understand how to play the devil. And Jean Reno and Gary Oldman. Then he turned to Oleg Basilashvili.
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"Woland should be like Basilashvili. What qualities should one have? Like Basilashvili. I answered everything for you,» the director said.
Basilashvili followed the tradition of the Moscow Art Theater — he completely got used to the role, even at the level of the body. His performance was highly appreciated by both ordinary viewers and experts. » data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»315″ data-source-sid=»» class=»lazyload» lazy=»1″ />
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"I have great respect for Oleg Basilashvili as an actor, but it seemed to me that he and Woland were two incompatible things. And he convinced me,” admitted the executive director of the Bulgakov Museum in Moscow, Roman Erykalov.
However, fans of the novel had a lot of controversy over the selection of actors, the expert added.
Most romantic: Ivan Ozhogin
A musical based on The Master and Margarita has been staged at the Music Hall Theater in St. Petersburg since 2014. The creators of the show faithfully followed the plot of the novel. -width=»600″ data-crop-height=»434″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1389″ decoding=»async» />
On their own, they added only one liberties — they made Messire in love with Margarita. Woland turned out to be vulnerable, sensitive, emotional.
Of course, there are no more Bulgakov's allusions to Stalin in the character played by Ivan Ozhogin — pure romance.
The most mystical: Valentin Gaft
In 1994, Valentin Gaft played Woland in Yuri Kara's film The Master and Margarita. The film went on the screens for a very long time — more than 15 years, the producers could not agree with the writer's heir. On the set, mystical incidents constantly happened. There is a legend that on the Patriarchs the members of the group met a strange man who said: «You won't succeed.» =»photo» data-crop-ratio=»1.118025751072961″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»671″ data-source-sid=»» class=»m-vertical lazyload» lazy=» 1″ />
The director himself was careful in working with the original source.
«As far as I know, those who tried to freely handle the text of the novel paid the price, Konstantin Raikin was going to make a play in his theater — but everyone quarreled, because songs and poems were embedded in the fabric of the novel. Mikhail Levitin wanted to stage the Moscow line, Lakshin advised him, and Yuri Yakovlev was supposed to play Woland. But Lakshin suddenly called and said that the plumbing had broken through in the editing room and everything was flooded. So it’s better not to mess with this thing: there’s devilry in it. Levitin laughed: “Nonsense!” And in At that moment, the heating pipe burst, and the whole room was flooded to him too,» said Yury Kara.
Stars played: Mikhail Ulyanov (Pontius Pilate), Viktor Rakov (Master), Anastasia Vertinskaya (Margarita). The first significant role in the cinema of Sergei Garmash was Ivan Bezdomny.
Yuri Kara chose Valentin Gaft because of his ironic attitude towards people and appearance. The actor really looked like the «foreigner» described in the novel, but that's not the only thing.
He focused on the mysticism of the character, he managed to convey the very atmosphere of sinister mystery that surrounded the lord of evil spirits. Which is quite consistent with the spirit of the «bad picture». -1868462538.html» data-title='The film «Woland» changed its name and introduced new shots'>