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ladymondegreen has given me a T-shirt which reproduces the
1967 Signet paperback cover of Michael Glenny's translation of
The Master and Margarita, the one featuring a rakish-looking Behemoth with a bowtie and a gun. (Hardcover dust jacket reproduced
here, with a better image of the demon-cat.) I have naturally worn it to spend the afternoon with my own
troublemaking black cats. They have not disappointed. On hearing the rustle of
crunchy things, Autolycus decided they must be some new and rarified kind of cat treat and instantly attempted to launch himself into the bag. This is maybe not on the same level as drinking vodka, but I'm not asking him to graduate. I write this post with him purring in my lap, getting in the way of the keys.
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That's fair. It's not my mental image of the character—I picture him less scruffy—but I like it a lot as an illustration.
I've got used to a Persian cat that I saw in a Russian film made after The Master and Margarita.
I've never seen any adaptation of the book, not even a stage show. May I ask which film version you recommend?
The more so that we have cat of the same breed and sometimes even call him Behemoth.... When it looks especially gloomy....
I think that's wonderful.
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There is also an earlier version by Yuriy Kara. I heard there were some problems with that earlier version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita_(1994_film)
It is interesting that the same actors play different personages in both films. I liked the film by Bortko very much.