Overview

The film evokes the era of the 1831 cholera epidemic and the peasant uprising which followed it. The way of Doctor Balás, cholera commissioner, and district administrator Hunyor leads through the mountains of Zemplén and is lined by unburied corpses, peasants dying of the illness and of overdoses of bismuth, by the miserably starving population, the healthy digging mass-graves and by uncultivated lands.

Cast

András Kozák, Anna Chodakowska, Ion Bog, Gábor Reviczky, László Szacsvay, Gábor Koncz, József Madaras

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What is "Epidemic" about?

The film evokes the era of the 1831 cholera epidemic and the peasant uprising which followed it. The way of Doctor Balás, cholera commissioner, and district administrator Hunyor leads through the mountains of Zemplén and is lined by unburied corpses, peasants dying of the illness and of overdoses of bismuth, by the miserably starving population, the healthy digging mass-graves and by uncultivated lands.

When was "Epidemic" released?

Epidemic was released in 1975.

Who stars in "Epidemic"?

The cast includes András Kozák, Anna Chodakowska, Ion Bog, Gábor Reviczky.