Variola Vera
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Variola Vera | |
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Directed by | Goran Marković |
Written by | Goran Marković Milan Nikolić |
Produced by | Aleksandar Stojanović |
Starring | Rade Šerbedžija, Erland Josephson, Rade Marković |
Distributed by | Art Film 80 |
Release dates | 9 July 1982 (Yugoslavia) 9 September 1982 (IFFR) 11 July 1985 (Hungary) |
Running time | 110 min |
Country | Yugoslavia |
Language | Serbian |
Variola Vera (Cyrillic: Вариола вера) is a 1982 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Marković. The subject of the film is the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak, more specifically the events related to the epidemic and the subsequent quarantine at Belgrade's General Hospital. Although inspired by the real events, the movie features elements of horror. The title refers to the Variola vera virus which causes smallpox.
Plot
The film follows the journey of a Kosovo Albanian Muslim pilgrim on his way back to Belgrade from the Middle East. While at a bazaar, the pilgrim buys a flute from a man who is visibly ill. Upon his return to Belgrade, the pilgrim starts to show signs of illness and is transported to the city's General Hospital. His disease is initially misdiagnosed and the smallpox virus starts spreading through the hospital very quickly. Once the disease is correctly identified, the authorities attempt to subdue the outbreak by declaring martial law, enforcing quarantine and enlisting the help of the World Health Organization. Eventually, these measures prove to be effective in subduing the epidemic.
Cast
- Rade Šerbedžija - Dr. Grujić
- Erland Josephson - Dr. Dragutin Majcan Kenigsmark (Dubbed by Petar Kralj)
- Dušica Žegarac - Dr. Marković
- Varja Đukić - Dr. Danka Uskoković
- Rade Marković - Superintendent Čole
- Vladislava Milosavljević - Nurse Slavica
- Peter Carsten - UN Epidemiologist (Dubbed by Mihajlo Viktorović)
- Aleksandar Berček - Magistar Jovanović
- Radmila Živković - Nurse Zaga
- Semka Sokolović-Bertok - Dr. Ćirić
- Bogdan Diklić - Duško
External links
- Variola Vera at IMDb
- Variola Vera at AllMovie
- Variola Vera at Rotten Tomatoes
- Variola Vera at the TCM Movie Database
- 1982 films
- Yugoslav films
- Serbian films
- Serbian-language films
- Serbian drama films
- Serbian horror films
- Films set in Belgrade
- Films set in Yugoslavia
- Films about viral outbreaks
- Smallpox in fiction
- Smallpox eradication
- Films based on actual events
- Films directed by Goran Marković
- Films set in 1972
- Yugoslav film stubs