The Rat Savior

1976 film

26 October 1976 (1976-10-26)

Running time

83 minutes^[1]CountrySFR YugoslaviaLanguageCroatian

The Rat Saviour (Croatian: Izbavitelj) or The Redeemer is a 1976 Croatian fantasy horror film directed by Krsto Papić. It was awarded as the best film at the 1977 International Science Fiction Film Festival in Trieste, the 1980 Paris International Festival of Fantastic and Science-Fiction Film and 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]

In 2003, Papić directed sequel or/and remake, titled Infection (Infekcija).

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

Ivica Vidović – Ivan Gajski
Mirjana Majurec – Sonja Bošković
Fabijan Šovagović – Professor Martin Bošković
Relja Bašić – Mayor
Ilija Ivezić – Police Chief

References

^ "ARHiNET – Izbavitelj (Komad)".
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences^{[full citation needed]}
^ ""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 28 November 1999. Retrieved 8 February 2013.