A Rat's Tale (1997)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 27, 1997Release Date
A Rat's Tale (1997)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 27, 1997Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the rodents, Monty, his friend Isabella and Jean-Paul Canalligator have to travel to magic land to make things right.
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Cast & Crew.
Josef Ostendorf
Lou Dollart
Beverly D'Angelo
Mrs. Dollart
Jerry Stiller
Prof. Plumpingham
Lauren Hutton
Galeristin Jellybelly
Steffen Wink
Nick McRafferty
Donald Arthur
Jean-Paul Canalligator
Dee Bradley Baker
Monty Mad-Rat Jr. (voice)
Lynsey Bartilson
Isabella Noble-Rat (voice)
Yoshinori Yamamoto
Mr. Futon San
Philipp Moog
Monty Spinnerratz
Carmen Plate
Isabella Nobelratz
Klaus Havenstein
Monty Senior
Gudo Hoegel
Rudi Raffratz
Jonathan Kinsler
Architect Stressback
Andreas Herder
Tom O'Dooley
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
Mr. Adams
Natja Brunckhorst
Mrs. Lucy
Klaus Herzog
Gallery Customer
Friedrich Schoenfelder
Walter Demokratz
Harald Leipnitz
Finanzminister Erwin Geizratz
Michael F. Huse
Director
Timothy McLeish
Editor
Piotr Lenar
Director of Photography
Frédéric Talgorn
Original Music Composer
George Dean
Painter
Steve Cuden
Dialogue
Tor Seidler
Novel
Werner Morgenrath
Writer
Peter Scheerbaum
Writer
Chantal Giuliani
Set Decoration
Michael White
Art Direction
Hans Peter Clahsen
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 27, 1997
Original NameDie Story von Monty Spinnerratz
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
puppet
puppet show
puppet film
puppets
Wiki.
A Rat's Tale (German: Die Story von Monty Spinnerratz) is a 1997 German-American fantasy film directed by Michael F. Huse, based on the 1985 children's book A Rat's Tale by Tor Seidler. The film features marionette work by German theater group Augsburger Puppenkiste, along with state-of-the-art visual effects, and the live action human cast include Beverly D'Angelo, Jerry Stiller, Lauren Hutton, and the German actor Josef Ostendorf.
The film was released in Germany on March 27, 1997, by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. It received a limited release in the United States on March 20, 1998, by Legacy Releasing.
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