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Variola Vera
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Wikipedia article
'Variola Vera' (Cyrillic: ) is a 1982 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Markovi.
The subject of the film is based on the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak. It is a satire of the corruption of the medical and public health field. Although inspired by the real events, the movie features elements of horror. The title refers to the 'Variola vera' virus which causes smallpox.
The film garnered Markovi the first prize for best director and the best screenplay at the 1982 Valencia film festival.
A poll of 30 Yugoslav critics and journalists conducted in the newspaper 'Osloboenje' named it the Yugoslav Film of the Year for 1982.
Plot
The plot of the film follows the events during the smallpox epidemic in the territory of the then SFR Yugoslavia in 1972. The course of the epidemic is monitored, as well as its impact on the psyche and behavior of people who are exposed to the dangers it carries. A pilgrim returns to the country from Saudi Arabia infected with an unknown disease. Moved from place to place, it dies, and the infection spreads. By the time those in charge realize that it is a disease that was thought to be eradicated, it is already too late - smallpox starts to run rampant. The infected are isolated and left to the logic of a terrible disease that everyone has already forgotten about, considering it a distant past. The film follows the behavior of almost all layers of society in which the epidemic occurred: patients in the hospital, medical staff, ordinary citizens, even politicians, officials of the government at the time. It shows how such a deadly threat helps people show their true colors.
Cast
* Rade erbedija - Dr. Gruji
* Erland Josephson - Dr. Dragutin Majcan Kenigsmark (Dubbed by Petar Kralj)
* Duica egarac - Dr. Markovi
* Varja uki - Dr. Danka Uskokovi
* Rade Markovi - Superintendent ole
* Vladislava Milosavljevi - Nurse Slavica
* Peter Carsten - UN Epidemiologist (Dubbed by Mihajlo Viktorovi)
* Aleksandar Berek - Magistar Jovanovi
* Radmila ivkovi - Nurse Zaga
* Semka Sokolovi-Bertok - Dr. iri
* Bogdan Dikli - Duko
References
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