Is Variola Vera easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Variola Vera end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Variola Vera scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Variola Vera violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Variola Vera

Name: Variola Vera
Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Released: 1982
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Rade Šerbedžija, Erland Josephson, Dušica Žegarac, Varja Đukić, Rade Marković

Directed by Goran Marković

Produced by Croatia Film, Art film 80

1982104 min7.3 / 10

A grim, historically grounded medical thriller about a smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia that transforms a hospital into a quarantined death trap, exploring systemic failure and collective dread.

An Albanian pilgrim, infected with an unknown disease, is on his way back to Belgrade from the Middle East. When doctors realize that it is a disease that has been considered eradicated, it is already too late - variola vera begins to languish and the hospital is quarantined.

Clusters

Movies About Institutional Injustice Realistic Films About Cruelty Government Oppression Dramas Cold War Eastern Europe Disease Outbreak Movies

Genres

Drama History Horror

Keywords

Yugoslavia Based On True Story Outbreak Communism

Questions people ask

Is Variola Vera easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does Variola Vera end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Variola Vera sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Variola Vera scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.
Is Variola Vera violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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