Vazha-Pshavela in Cinema − „Some Plagues are Beneficial“

Abstract

In 1984, Pavle Charkviani made a film − ,,Some Plague are Beneficial”, based on the stories of Vazha-Pshavela. A comparative analysis of the film and Vazha-Psavela’s short stories shows that the main guiding line of the script is the storyline – „Cholera Helped Me“. This short story reflects people’s universal fear of death. The writer uses the impending epidemic as a means of creating a radically different condition. In this way the writer transforms human life into another reality and shows its nature in new conditions. The director with various short episodes and characters in the film portrayed one of the most important parts of Vazha-Pshavela’s prose – the socio-moral problems of country life.