The Rat Saviour (Croatian: Izbavitelj) is a 1976 Croatian fantasy horror film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1976, but won Best Film at the 1980 Paris Festival 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]
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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 |
Cinematography | Ivica Rajković |
Edited by | Miroslava Kapić Žana Gerova |
Music by | Brane Živković |
Production company | Jadran Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes[1] |
Country | SFR Yugoslavia |
Language | Croatian |
In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.[3]
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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.
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