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The Cassandra Cat (Czech: Až přijde kocour, lit. 'When the Cat Comes'; also released under the titles When the Cat Comes, The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses, One Day, a Cat and That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovak New Wave satirical surrealistic fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Vojtěch Jasný.
Ahead of its time in experimenting with stylized color and extended political metaphor, The Cassandra Cat is director Vojtěch Jasný's triumphant excursion into fantasy as a mirror of real-life social divisions and hypocrisies.
When the Cat Comes: Directed by Vojtech Jasný. With Jan Werich, Emília Vásáryová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jirí Sovák. People arrive in a small village with a strange cat wearing glasses.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Vojtech Jasný
- 1963-09-20
Jul 2, 2021 · Až přijde kocour / The Cassandra Cat (Vojtěch Jasný, 1963) After making a name for himself with the anthology film Touha (Desire, 1958), which received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival...
- 2 min
- 61.1K
- Národní filmový archiv
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
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- Filmové Studio Barrandov
- Vojtěch Jasný
Oliva (Jan Werich), the seer in a small village, tells a class of schoolchildren and their teacher, Robert (Vlastimil Brodský), of a mysterious acrobat and her cat, Mokol. The cat wears ...
- Kids & Family, Fantasy
The Cassandra Cat. Directed by Vojtěch Jasný • 1963 • Czechoslovakia Starring Jan Werich, Emília Vášáryová, Vlastimil Brodský. In this modern-day fairy tale and rediscovered Czech New Wave cult classic, an ordinary Bohemian village is visited by a magician (Jan Werich), his beautiful assistant (Emília Vásáryová), a...
