The Cassandra Cat

The Cassandra Cat

Directed by	Vojtěch Jasný
Produced by	Jaroslav Jílovec
Written by	Jiří Brdečka Vojtěch Jasný Jan Werich
Starring	Jan Werich Vlastimil Brodský Emília Vášáryová Jiří Sovák Vladimír Menšík
Music by	Svatopluk Havelka
Cinematography	Jaroslav Kučera
Edited by	Jan Chaloupek
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release dates	May 1963 (1963-05) (Cannes) September 20, 1963 (1963-09-20) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time	91 mins or 101 mins
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

The Cassandra Cat (Czech: Až přijde kocour), also released under the titles When the Cat Comes, The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses, and/or That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtěch Jasný.

It tells the story of a mysterious traveling circus that arrives in a village accompanied by a sunglass-wearing cat named Mokol. When the cat's glasses are removed, people in the village appear bathed in different colours that reflect their true feelings.

The film won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, including the C.S.T. Prize and Special Jury Prize, Cannes.^[1]

Cast

Jan Werich - Magician / Oliva
Emília Vášáryová - Diana (as Emilie Vasáryová)
Vlastimil Brodský - Teacher Robert
Jirí Sovák - School director
Vladimír Mensík - School janitor
Jirina Bohdalová - Julie
Karel Effa - Janek
Vlasta Chramostová - Marjánka
Alena Kreuzmannová - Gossip
Stella Zázvorková - Ruzena
Jaroslav Mares - Restaurant owner
Jana Werichová - Chairman's wife
Ladislav Fialka - Stealer
Karel Vrtiska - Miller
Václav Babka - Policeman

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Cassandra Cat". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-25.

External links

The Cassandra Cat at the Internet Movie Database

Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize

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