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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Jan Werich
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Emília Vášáryová
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Jiří Sovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Kolya (1996)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
Karel Effa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
S Pydlou v zádech (1985) (theatrical recording)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Vlasta Chramostová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The White Lady (1965)
Alena Kreuzmannová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Stella Zázvorková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Jaroslav Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jana Werichová-Kvapilová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Proud Princess (1952)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Ladislav Fialka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Five Girls Around the Neck (1967)
Karel Vrtiška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Hangman Can't Wait (1971) (TV movie)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Klauni a vlastenci (1991) (TV movie)
Václav Babka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
All My Compatriots (1968)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Michal Pospíšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Antonín Krčmář
Best movies:
The Cry (1963)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Rusalka (1962)
Pavel Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Dana Dubanská
Best movies:
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Alena Bradáčová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Svatba jako řemen (1967)