For the first time, Yuri Kara took on the film adaptation of the “demonic” novel in Russia in 1993, but due to a quarrel with the producers over the duration of the film, the finished work remained on the shelf for 17 years. An abridged version was released in the cinema only in 2011. But Vladimir Bortko’s series did not gather dust in the studio and was released on time – in 2005. Over the next seven years, 10 actors of the project were died tragically one after the other.
5 actor deaths in a row
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On October 2, 2005, shortly before the series premiere, 47-year-old Alexander Chaban died. The actor played the investigator who conducted Woland’s search. The artist’s body was found in his apartment and the circumstances of the death remained unclear. In September 2006, another actor in the episode died – Pavel Komarov, who played the thief on the pier. The same year, Stanislav Landgraf dies of a heart attack, he plays the critic of Latunsky.
On April 27, 2007, Kirill Lavrov, who played Pontius Pilate, died of leukemia. On the same day, another episodic actor Yevgeny Merkuriev died. He fell through the ice while fishing.
Alexander Abdulov died two years after the first
