Documentary backdrop image for Another Spring (2022)

Documentary backdrop image for Another Spring (2022)

202290 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Public Health Historical Events

Another Spring

202290 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Europe's last smallpox epidemic erupted in 1972 in Yugoslavia, challenging health officials and the public during a critical spring.

Public Health Historical Events

Genres

Director

Mladen Kovačević

Synopsis

Europe's last smallpox epidemic erupted in 1972 in Yugoslavia, challenging health officials and the public during a critical spring.

People

Mladen Kovačevićdirector

Mladen Kovačevićwriter

Zoran Radovanovićcast

Synopsis

Yugoslavia faced a health crisis in 1972 as smallpox spread across the country. Health officials responded urgently to contain the outbreak, which marked Europe's last epidemic of the disease. The documentary includes rare archival footage and firsthand accounts from those involved. It depicts the fear and challenges faced by the public during this critical time, drawing parallels to recent global health emergencies.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End? (2022)

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End?

In 1665, the Great Plague devastated London, leading the village of Eyam in Derbyshire to quarantine itself in a bid to halt the outbreak's spread.

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End?

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control? (2026)

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control?

In 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa overwhelmed healthcare systems, highlighting the bravery of doctors, nurses, and citizens fighting the virus.

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control?

Looking back at the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone (2018)

Looking back at the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, health workers at Médecins sans Frontières' first dedicated Ebola treatment centre faced immense challenges during the 2014 epidemic.

Looking back at the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive? (2020)

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive?

One percent of people in Britain and America carry a genetic mutation that may have helped some survive the Black Death and could aid in AIDS research.

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive?

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics (2023)

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics

At least 75 million people died from the Black Death in the 14th century, illustrating the devastating potential of pandemics throughout history.

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself (2025)

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself

More than 100,000 people lost their lives during the 10 years of war in Yugoslavia that followed the death of dictator Josip Broz Tito.

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself

How coronavirus is changing the world (2020)

How coronavirus is changing the world

Governments in countries like Italy, China, and the United States are examined for their varied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its global implications.

How coronavirus is changing the world

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages (2022)

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages

Medieval Europe faced devastating outbreaks of diseases like the Black Death, which drastically altered daily life and mortality rates due to poor hygiene and limited medical knowledge.

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People (2025)

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People

The Spanish Flu kills 50 million during the final year of WW1, surpassing the Great War's toll.

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People

Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History (2019)

Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed more people worldwide than combat during World War One.

Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History

Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi (2025)

Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi

In ancient Greece, the Oracle of Delphi served as a pivotal religious site where priestesses delivered prophecies attributed to the god Apollo.

Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi

Why Did Nasa Secretly Send 6 Men To The Bottom Of The Ocean In 1969? (2026)

Why Did Nasa Secretly Send 6 Men To The Bottom Of The Ocean In 1969?

In July 1969, NASA conducted a secret experiment involving six men in the PX-15 submarine, exploring the depths of the Gulf Stream for 30 days.

Why Did Nasa Secretly Send 6 Men To The Bottom Of The Ocean In 1969?

Explore Another Spring

Cast & Crew Topics FAQ

Where else to watch

Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague (2010)

Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague

2010•1h26m•★6.3TMDB

More lives have been claimed by pandemics than all wars combined, as a stewardess unknowingly triggers a public health crisis in Montreal.

Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague

Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body (2013)

Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body

2013•1h2m•★6.3TMDB

Personal accounts from individuals reflect on the socialist era in Yugoslavia, exploring the ideological shifts and the emergence of new nation-states after its fall.

Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body

The Punishment (2000)

The Punishment

2000•1h31m•★10.0TMDB

In spring 1999, NATO bombed urban areas in Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War, resulting in civilian casualties amid a campaign aimed at military targets.

Two Hours from London (1995)

Two Hours from London

1995•52m•★9.0TMDB

The 1995 documentary addresses the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia and urges European leaders to provide assistance to the affected region.

Two Hours from London

Palliative (2022)

Palliative

Dr. Nadia Tremonti, a pediatric palliative care specialist at Children's Hospital of Michigan, navigates end-of-life care for children and their families.

Browse more like this

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End? (2022)

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End?

In 1665, the Great Plague devastated London, leading the village of Eyam in Derbyshire to quarantine itself in a bid to halt the outbreak's spread.

How Did London's Bubonic Plague Epidemic End?

No digital watch option in your country

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control? (2026)

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control?

In 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa overwhelmed healthcare systems, highlighting the bravery of doctors, nurses, and citizens fighting the virus.

Ebola: a Virus Out of Control?

No digital watch option in your country

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive? (2020)

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive?

One percent of people in Britain and America carry a genetic mutation that may have helped some survive the Black Death and could aid in AIDS research.

The Plague: How Did One Village Survive?

No digital watch option in your country

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics (2023)

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics

At least 75 million people died from the Black Death in the 14th century, illustrating the devastating potential of pandemics throughout history.

Deadly Disasters: Pandemics

No digital watch option in your country

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself (2025)

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself

More than 100,000 people lost their lives during the 10 years of war in Yugoslavia that followed the death of dictator Josip Broz Tito.

The Yugoslav Wars: How a Nation Destroyed Itself

No digital watch option in your country

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages (2022)

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages

Medieval Europe faced devastating outbreaks of diseases like the Black Death, which drastically altered daily life and mortality rates due to poor hygiene and limited medical knowledge.

The Most Gruesome Diseases Of The Middle Ages

No digital watch option in your country

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People (2025)

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People

The Spanish Flu kills 50 million during the final year of WW1, surpassing the Great War's toll.

1918: How The Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million People

No digital watch option in your country

The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)

The Death of Yugoslavia

1995•4h6m•★9.5TMDB

Interviews with key figures from the Yugoslav wars illustrate the political events and humanitarian crises that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

The Death of Yugoslavia

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002)

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

2002•2h•★7.2TMDB

A fictitious terrorist attack in New York City spreads smallpox, leading to chaos and fear as one person infects the unsuspecting population.

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

Serbia, Year Zero (2001)

Serbia, Year Zero

2001•1h20m•★4.7TMDB

Fifteen years of turmoil led to the fall of Slobodan Milosevic and left Serbia facing deep social and political challenges.

Serbia, Year Zero

Censored without Censorship (2007)

Censored without Censorship

2007•57m•★7.2TMDB

Six key filmmakers discuss the 'Black Wave' of Yugoslav cinema, a movement suppressed by political pressures in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Censored without Censorship

Requiem for the Big East (2005)

Requiem for the Big East

2005•1h44m•★7.0TMDB

Three parts examine iconic sketches from the 1980s Yugoslav comedy show, revealing their cultural significance amid the country's political turmoil.

Requiem for the Big East

Serbian Epics (1992)

Serbian Epics

1992•45m•★7.0TMDB

Forty-five minutes of firsthand accounts and imagery reveal life behind Serbian lines during the Bosnian War and the roots of extreme nationalism.

Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film (1998)

Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film

1998•1h28m•★7.6TMDB

Abraham Zapruder's footage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963, is digitally remastered to reveal new details and its impact on public perception.

Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film

Browse more by Mladen Kovačević

View all films →

Merry Christmas, China (2020)

Merry Christmas, China

2020

Possibility of Paradise (2024)

Possibility of Paradise

2024

4 Years in 10 Minutes (2018)

4 Years in 10 Minutes

2018

Wall of Death, and All That (2016)

Wall of Death, and All That

2016

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →