Variola Vera

Variola Vera
Directed byGoran Marković
Written byGoran Marković
Milan Nikolić
Produced byAleksandar Stojanović
StarringRade Šerbedžija,
Erland Josephson,
Rade Marković
Music byZoran Simjanović
Distributed byArt Film 80
Croatia Film
Release date
  • 9 July 1982 (1982-07-09) (Yugoslavia)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

Variola Vera (Cyrillic: Вариола вера) is a 1982 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Marković.[1] Due to its subject matter and tone, the film is often described as horror.[2]

The film is a satirical dramatization of the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak, which was the last outbreak on European territory.[3] It comments on the corruption of medical professionals and government officials.[1]

  1. ^ a b Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-25321-582-6.
  2. ^ Schneider, Steven Jay (2019). 100 European Horror Films. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-83871-403-1.
  3. ^ Ferhadbegović, Sabina. "Cultures of History Forum : Past and Present Health Crises: How Yugoslavia Managed the Smallpox Epidemic of 1972". www.cultures-of-history.uni-jena.de. Retrieved 2021-07-06.