The Cassandra Cat

The Cassandra Cat
Theatrical release poster
CzechAž přijde kocour
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Directed byVojtěch Jasný
Written by
Produced byJaroslav Jílovec
Starring
CinematographyJaroslav Kučera
Edited byJan Chaloupek
Music bySvatopluk Havelka
Production
company
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release dates
  • May 1963 (1963-05) (Cannes)
  • 20 September 1963 (1963-09-20) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
91 minutes or 101 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

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; The Cat and That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovak avant-garde surrealist fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It is associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave.

It follows a narrator tells the story of a tiny Czechoslovakian country town and its townsfolks who lives begins to change drastically after the arrival of a strange circus troupe and their magical cat.