The rat god

Movie
German title	The rat god
Original title	Izbavitelj
Country of production	Yugoslavia
Publishing year	1976
length	75 minutes
Rod
Director	Krsto Papic
script	Ivo Brešan , Krsto Papić, Zoran Tadić
music	Brane Živković
camera	Ivica Rajković
cut	Miroslava Kapić , Žana Gerova
occupation
Ivica Vidović : Ivan Gajski Mirjana Majurec : Sonja Boskovic Relja Bašić : Mayor Fabijan Šovagović : Professor Martin Boskovic Ilija Ivezić : Chief of Police Branko Špoljar : Rupcic Edo Peročević : Policeman Zvonimir Ferenčić : bookseller Zdenka Trach : Fahro Konjhodžić : violin player Petar Dobrić Ana Hercigonja Boris Festini : pharmacist Mirko Boman Jovan Stefanović : Policeman

The Rat God is a Yugoslavian feature film from 1976. It is a mixture of horror film and thriller and is based on motifs from the story The Pied Piper by Alexander Grin .

action

The film is set in Czechoslovakia after the First World War in 1925: there is high unemployment and political extremists attract supporters. Professor Boskovic learns about a supernatural giant rat in an old book. This makes use of the people and transforms them into obedient giant rodents that have human-like shape. The supporters of the giant rat are therefore not immediately recognizable. The giant rat wants world domination and subverts society with its loyal followers. Together with a young writer and his daughter, the professor fights against the project. The young writer, who has fallen in love with the professor's daughter, discovers a secret event and escapes the giant rat's captors at the last second. When the city administration is already firmly under control of the rat people, the three strike: The professor has developed an anti-rat spray and is fighting the rodents. When he is murdered, the writer completes his work and can ultimately win.

criticism

The Lexicon of International Films wrote:

“The award-winning Croatian film uses the ingredients of the genre with rare skill. Political reflections on the struggle between good and evil and the nature of fascism, which threatens to break out again in times of crisis, are woven into the story. "

- Lexicon of International Films

49th Academy Awards, 1977

The film was the Yugoslav contribution to the race for the Oscar for best foreign film.

Web links

• The Rat Savior in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The rat god in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The rat god. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .