The Cassandra Cat

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name = The Cassandra Cat


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director = Vojtěch Jasný
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writer = Jiří Brdečka Vojtěch Jasný Jan Werich
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starring = Jan Werich Vlastimil Brodský Emília Vášáryová Jiří Sovák Vladimír Menšík
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released = flagicon|France May 1963 (premiere at Cannes) flagicon|Czech Republic September 12, 1963
runtime = 91 mins or 101 mins
country = Czechoslovakia
language = Czech
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imdb_id = 0056844

"The Cassandra Cat" is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtěch Jasný. Its original Czech title is "Až přijde kocour", and it has also been released under the titles "The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses" and "When the Cat Comes".

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.

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title=Special Jury Prize, Cannes
years=1963
tied with "Harakiri"
before="The Trial of Joan of Arc"
tied with "L'Eclisse"
after="Woman in the Dunes"