: Although he does not fully appear as a main character in the first episode, his presence is felt through his manuscript about Pilate. Later episodes reveal he is a broken author who burned his work after it was censored and is now living in a psychiatric clinic.
: Two Soviet writers— Mikhail Berlioz (head of a major literary union) and the young poet Ivan "Homeless" Bezdomny —are discussing a poem Ivan wrote that fails to properly depict Jesus as a non-existent myth.
The file "" corresponds to the first episode of the 2005 Russian television miniseries directed by Vladimir Bortko, based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s famous novel. Master i Margarita (2005) 01.avi.mp4
The episode establishes the series' three parallel storylines:
: As Woland begins to tell his story, the scene shifts to ancient Jerusalem ( Yershalaim ). This is revealed to be a part of the novel written by "The Master". : Although he does not fully appear as
: Pontius Pilate interrogates a peaceful, wandering philosopher named Yeshua Ha-Notsri (Jesus). Despite feeling a strange spiritual affinity for Yeshua and wanting to spare him, Pilate ultimately succumbs to political pressure and cowardice, sentencing him to death. 3. The Introduction of the Master
: They are joined by Woland , a mysterious "foreign professor" who is actually the Devil in disguise. He shocks them by claiming to have been present at the trial of Jesus and accurately predicts Berlioz's imminent death. The file "" corresponds to the first episode
The episode ends with Ivan Bezdomny fruitlessly chasing Woland and his mischievous companions—the talking cat and the valet Koroviev —through the streets of Moscow after witnessing Berlioz’s gruesome death.