The Rat Savior

The Rat Savior

80 mins | Drama, Science Fiction, Horror | Oct. 26, 1976

A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Grin.

The Rat Savior

80 mins | Drama, Science Fiction, Horror | Oct. 26, 1976

The Rat Savior
A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Grin.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Jadran Film, Croatia Film
Original title Izbavitelj
Directors Krsto Papić, Branko Lustig
Writers Ivo Brešan, Alexander Grin, Zoran Tadić, Krsto Papić

Cast

Ivica Vidović

as Ivan Gajski

Mirjana Majurec

as Sonja Bošković

Relja Bašić

as Izbavitelj / Gradonačelnik

Fabijan Šovagović

as Profesor Martin Bošković

Ilija Ivezić

as Šef policije

Branko Špoljar

as Rupčić

Petar Dobrić

as Meštar ceremonije na štakorskoj zabavi

Edo Peročević

as Policajac

Ana Hercigonja

as Prodavačica dječjih kapica

Zvonimir Ferenčić

as Nakladnik

Boris Festini

as Apotekar

Zdenka Trach

as Gazdarica

Mirko Boman

as Djelatnik gradske čistoće

Fahro Konjhodžić

as Violinist

Jovan Stefanović

as Policajac