The Cassandra Cat
1963 film by Vojtěch Jasný / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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[1] surrealist[2] fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Vojtěch Jasný.
The Cassandra Cat | |
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Czech | Až přijde kocour |
Directed by | Vojtěch Jasný |
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Produced by | Jaroslav Jílovec |
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Cinematography | Jaroslav Kučera |
Edited by | Jan Chaloupek |
Music by | Svatopluk Havelka |
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Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
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Running time | 91 minutes or 101 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
One of the most celebrated, influential and expressive pictures of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema, and although on its surface it is a family-friendly, light-hearted, colourful fantasy dramedy film, in its core the film is subtly a political allegory for authoritarianism, false appearances and hypocrisy, with the cat symbolic being able to see the people of the town for their true colours.