Directed by:
Vojtěch JasnýCinematography:
Jaroslav KučeraComposer:
Svatopluk HavelkaCast:
Jan Werich, Emília Vášáryová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jiří Sovák, Vladimír Menšík, Jiřina Bohdalová, Karel Effa, Vlasta Chramostová, Alena Kreuzmannová (more)Plots(1)
Vojtěch Jasný's sumptuous, surreal satire is one of the most lavish and uninhibited films of the entire Czechoslovak New Wave. A travelling circus and its magical feline mascot arrive in a provincial Czech town, and expose the virtues, vices and desires of its unruly inhabitants. Part modern fairy tale, part colourful political metaphor, The Cassandra Cat (also known as When the Cat Comes) is a unique, glorious comic drama. Banned after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the film was regarded as an unacceptable and subversive critique of Communist society. (Second Run)
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Vítězslav Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Ludmila Kovářová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Poločas štěstí (1984)
Every day - Sunday (1962)
Miloslav Janovský
Best movies:
Perly panny Serafinky (1980) (TV movie)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Skok do tmy (1964)
Jiří Kaftan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Three Veterans (1983)
Green Gold (1964)
Zdeňka Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Every day - Sunday (1962)
Hana Lamková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Hudba kolonád (1975)
Josef Lamka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Naděžda Munzarová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Jiří Středa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Bubny (1964)
Eva Středová
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Bubny (1964)
Josef Podsedník
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Jaroslava Zelenková
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Faust (1994)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Jarmila Orlová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Ivan Lukeš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Božena Věchetová
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Luka Rubanovičová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Morgiana (1972)
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1971) (TV movie)
Josef Pivonka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Green Gold (1964)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Miloslav Šindler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Luďa Marešová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Vladimír Dvořák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Malí medvědáři (1957)
Focus, Please! (1956)