The film The Good German was directed by Cate Blanchett.
A Feast in Time of Plague -LRB- Pir vo vremya chumy Пир во время чумы -RRB- is an 1830 play by Aleksandr Pushkin .. Aleksandr Pushkin. Aleksandr Pushkin. The plot concerns a banquet in which the central figure taunts death with a toast `` And so , O Plague , we hail thy reign ! ''. The story is based on Act 1 of John Wilson 's play `` The City of Plague '' .. John Wilson. John Wilson ( Scottish writer ). The play was published in 1830 as one of four Little Tragedies -LRB- Malenkie tragedii Маленькие трагедии -RRB- together with The Stone Guest -LRB- Kamenny gost Каменныи гость -RRB- ; Mozart and Salieri -LRB- Motsart i Salyeri Моцарт и Сальери -RRB- and The Miserly Knight -LRB- Skupoy rytsar Скупои рыцарь -RRB- .. All four of these plays were set as one act operas by Russian composers ; Dargomyzhsky , Rimsky-Korsakov , Rachmaninov , and for the Feast , Cesar Cui .. Cesar Cui. Cesar Cui