When the Cat Comes
1963 · Movie · 104 min · ★ 6.9
In a quiet small town, a beloved storyteller and a kind teacher encourage children to value imagination and honesty. When a traveling circus arrives with a mysterious cat in sunglasses, the animal’s strange gift begins exposing people’s hidden feelings, unsettling the town’s strict leaders and stirring chaos among the adults.
Also known as The Cassandra Cat · The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses · That Cat
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Details
- Original title
- Až přijde kocour
- Years
- 1963
- Release date
- 1963-09-20
- Language
- CS
- Runtime
- 104 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (74 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quirky, childlike fable where a magical visitor shakes up a conformist town, with musical whimsy and sly social bite; Not for you if you need tight plotting or modern polish like The Fabulous Baron Munchausen.
Pros: whimsical family fantasy; playful color gimmick; gentle moral fable | Cons: uneven pacing; dated effects; tone can feel odd
Themes
- cat
- taxidermy
- magician
Cast & crew
Jan Werich
as Oliva
Emília Vášáryová
as Diana
Vlastimil Brodský
as Robert
Jiří Sovák
as Karel
Vladimír Menšík
as School Janitor
Jiřina Bohdalová
as Julie
Karel Effa
as Janek
Vlasta Chramostová
as Marjánka
Alena Kreuzmannová
as Gossipy Woman
Stella Zázvorková
as Růžena
Directed by Vojtěch Jasný