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1976 SFR Yugoslavia film

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
Cinematography	Ivica Rajković
Edited by	Miroslava Kapić Žana Gerova
Music by	Brane Živković
Production company	Jadran Film
Release date	26 October 1976 (1976-10-26)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	SFR Yugoslavia
Language	Croatian

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.

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

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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.

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
""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 28 November 1999. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

External links

The Rat Savior at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Krsto Papić
The Key (1965, segment) Illusion (1967) Handcuffs (1969) A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja (1973) The Rat Savior (1976) The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) Story from Croatia (1991) When the Dead Start Singing (1999) Infection (2003)

v t e Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Road a Year Long (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Kozara (1963) Skopje '63 (1964) Three (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) It Rains in My Village (1968) The Battle of Neretva (1969) Black Seed (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) Battle of Sutjeska (1973) Death and the Dervish (1974) The Day That Shook the World (1975) The Rat Savior (1976) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) The Man to Destroy (1979) Special Treatment (1980) Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) The Smell of Quinces (1982) Great Transport (1983) The End of the War (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) Time of the Gypsies (1989) Time of Miracles (1990) The Original of the Forgery (1991)

Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Road a Year Long (1958)
Train Without a Timetable (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960)
Kozara (1963)
Skopje '63 (1964)
Three (1966)
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
It Rains in My Village (1968)
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
Black Seed (1971)
The Master and Margaret (1972)
Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Death and the Dervish (1974)
The Day That Shook the World (1975)
The Rat Savior (1976)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
The Man to Destroy (1979)
Special Treatment (1980)
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
The Smell of Quinces (1982)
Great Transport (1983)
The End of the War (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Happy New Year '49 (1986)
Reflections (1987)
My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
Time of the Gypsies (1989)
Time of Miracles (1990)
The Original of the Forgery (1991)

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