The Rat Savior

The Rat Saviour (Izbavitelj)
Directed by Krsto Papić
Written by Ivo Brešan
Krsto Papić
Zoran Tadić
(based on the novel by Alexander Grin)
Starring Ivica Vidović
Mirjana Majurec
Relja Bašić
Ilija Ivezić
Fabijan Šovagović
Branko Špoljar
Music by Brane Živković
Cinematography Ivica Rajković
Edited by Miroslava Kapić
Žana Gerova
Production
company
Release dates
  • 26 October 1976 (1976-10-26)
Running time
83 minutes[1]
Country SFR Yugoslavia
Language Croatian

Izbavitelj is a 1976 Croatian fantastic horror film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1976, but won Best Film at the 1982 Fantasporto. The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.[3]

Plot

A man uncovers a race of intelligent rats who can appear as human. He is captured and taken to the rat people’s leader (the "savior" of the movie's title). He escapes, but then wonders who among his fellow humans is a rat person in disguise.

Cast

See also

References

  1. http://arhinet.arhiv.hr/details.aspx?ItemId=1_67647
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 1999-11-28. Retrieved 2013-02-08.


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