Georgian village during the revolution of 1905. The struggle of the peasantry against the landlords. Tariel Golua's son, Levan, leads the rebellion. Tariel himself is in favor of a peaceful solution to the conflict, but when his son is brutally killed, and the houses of the rebels and their supporters are set on fire, Tariel is convinced that it is impossible to gain freedom without an armed struggle.

A Russian doctor is invited to work at Afghanistan's top hospital during the war, and sees firsthand the carnage caused by the Islamist mujaheddin as they attempt to overthrow the socialist government.

Olya Chumakova returns to her native village on vacation, where she meets a young sailor who had previously sent her a letter with his photograph. However, their meeting deeply wounds her pride. With the help of her sister Katya, Olya decides to teach him a lesson: she pretends to start a romance with a truck driver named Askhat, with whom she works during the potato harvest.

The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures in the convent cell. The nobleman, Kirilé, has decided to get married. The war started by enemies turns all these people into warriors. Living Legends is a parable, a hymn to the glory of the georgian people, enamoured of freedom and independence, whose most worthy sons have never hesitated to die in the name of the glorious future of their country.

Based on the works of Jean Anouilh. Eurydice and Orpheus meet on the platform of a railway station along with other heroes of the film. Among them is Death, who kills Eurydice. Orpheus tries in vain to save Eurydice from the kingdom of death.

Characters from the sick Nikala's own paintings appear and talk to him.

A sixteen novels about a life of a people in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.