Variola Vera

Variola Vera
Variola Vera
Directed by	Goran Marković
Written by	Goran Marković; Milan Nikolić
Produced by	Aleksandar Stojanović
Starring	Rade Šerbedžija,; Erland Josephson,; Rade Marković
Music by	Zoran Simjanović
Distributed by	Art Film 80; Croatia Film
Release dates	9 July 1982 (Yugoslavia); 9 September 1982 (IFFR)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-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]

^ ^a ^b Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-25321-582-6.
^ Schneider, Steven Jay (2019). 100 European Horror Films. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-83871-403-1.
^ 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.

[Goulding-1] 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.

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