''The Rat Saviour'' () 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.
In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.
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
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Ivica Vidović – Ivan Gajski
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Mirjana Majurec – Sonja Bošković
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Fabijan Šovagović
Fabijan Šovagović (4 January 1932 – 1 January 2001) was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer.
Biography
Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He ...
– Professor Martin Bošković
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Relja Bašić – Mayor
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Ilija Ivezić – Police Chief
See also
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List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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1976 films
1976 horror films
1970s Croatian-language films
Jadran Film films
Films set in the 1930s
Films based on Russian novels
Films directed by Krsto Papić
Yugoslav science fiction films
Croatian science fiction horror films
1970s science fiction horror films
Films set in Yugoslavia
Films about mice and rats
Alexander Grin
1976 science fiction films
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