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.

Rade Šerbedžija
as Dr. Grujić

Erland Josephson
as Dragutin Kenigsmark

Dušica Žegarac
as Dr. Marković

Varja Đukić
as Danka Uskoković

Rade Marković
as Cole

Vladislava Milosavljević
as Slavica

Peter Carsten
as UN Epidemiologist

Aleksandar Berček
as Jovanović

Radmila Živković
as Zaga

Semka Sokolović-Bertok
as Dr. Ćirić