 Mistrz i Malgorzata (1990) is a TV series, based on the book  Master and Margarita  by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Mistrz (Kowalski), is a talented writer in the 1930s Moscow, working on a manuscript about the biblical Pontius Pilate. The Evil Woland (Holoubek), and his entourage, are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master becomes paranoid and throws his manuscript into the fire, before he is locked up in a mental clinic. His assistant and "Muze" Malgorzata (Dymna) is using the Evil s supernatural powers in her efforts to save him, regardless of dangerous conditions.