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

Werner Morgenrath
Writer

Steve Cuden
Dialogue

Tor Seidler
Novel

Peter Scheerbaum
Writer

Hans Peter Clahsen
Producer

Chantal Giuliani
Set Decoration

Michael White
Art Direction
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 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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