Russia’s War provides an important and in-depth account of the nation’s history throughout the period of Joseph Stalin's rule (1924-53). Told in ten parts, this astonishing documentary reveals eyewitness accounts, archival photography, documents and footage, and gives a remarkable insight into what let to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin’s reign of terror.

由小说改编的这部连续剧创作手法很奇特，有现实中的人，有魔鬼，有历史中的人。他们在小说中相互交织，魔鬼可以来人间，人可以在天上飞可以参加撒旦的宴会，人可以丑陋无比，魔鬼可以淘气可爱。小说中又包含小说，让人眼花缭乱。小说有三条线索：

　　1．魔王沃兰德造访莫斯科并且观察这个莫斯科社会

　　2．大师与玛格丽特的爱情故事

　　3．本丢·彼拉多的千年悔恨

在1929年至1940年的关键历史时期，三位年轻女性在寻找爱情。年轻的女性在追求爱情和幸福的过程中，在远远超出她们预期的地方，抛弃了她们粗心大意、天真无邪的青春。

During WW2, a young student of medicine comes to the big city to discover the secret of death, and stays at a motel that turns out to be a brothel. He is asked from Ustasha officer to perform experiments of resurrecting the dead, while the Fascist authorities look for a female communist hiding in the city.