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Director:
Vojtech Jasný
Writers:
Jirí Brdecka (writer)
Vojtech Jasný (story)
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Release Date:
20 September 1963 (Czechoslovakia) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance See more »
Plot:
Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination See more »
User Reviews:
Trip Into the Fantastic See more (6 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
Jan Werich ... Magician / Oliva
Emília Vásáryová ... 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
Michal Pospísil ... Child
Tonda Krcmar ... Child
Pavel Brodsky ... Child
Dana Dubanska ... Child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vladimír Dvorák ... Clerk (uncredited)
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Directed by
Vojtech Jasný 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jirí Brdecka  writer
Vojtech Jasný  story and screenplay
Jan Werich  screenplay and dialogue

Original Music by
Svatopluk Havelka 
 
Cinematography by
Jaroslav Kucera 
 
Film Editing by
Jan Chaloupek 
 
Production Design by
Arch Oldrich Kucera 
 
Art Department
Bohumil Nový .... assistant art director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Karel Jesátko .... still photographer
Miroslav Ondrícek .... second camera operator
 
Music Department
Frantisek Belfín .... conductor
Filmový Symfonický Orchestr .... orchestra
 
Other crew
Ladislav Fikar .... production team
Bohumil Smída .... production team
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Az prijde kocour" - Czechoslovakia (original title)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
Czechoslovakia
Language:
Czech
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Telc, Czech Republic
Company:
Filmové studio BarrandovSee more »

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Quotes:
School director:[subtitled version] Listen Robert, denoting your superior as a murderer in public doesn't seem like constructive criticism.See more »

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9 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Trip Into the Fantastic, 29 March 2001
Author: marquis de cinema from Boston, MA

A psychedelic look at human nature and the different desires that each person in a small village have. A cat that is accompanied by a circus troupe enters a small village and exposes what each person feels by showing them in different colors of emotions. Many in this small village are selfish and self centered except for the romantic teacher. The director uses a range of colors to show the different elements of human behavior. The teacher played by Vlastimil Brodsky is a hopeless romantic that falls in love with Cassandra, a member of the performing circus.

Az Prijde Kocour/Cassandra Cat(1963) is for everyone of different age groups. The children see the cat as the bearer of truth and the giver of unlimited imagination. The adults in the village see the cat as a threat because they are fearful of that truth that sees beneath the lies. The only adult who is not threatened by the cat is the romantic teacher. The cinematography is excellent and the music is good.

Cassandra Cat(1963) is not very different from the films of Terry Gilliam especially Time Bandits(1981), and Brazil(1985). The romantic angle of Az Prijde Kocour(1963) reminds me in many ways of similar scenes in Brazil(1985). Cassandra Cat(1963) is an ageless film by one of the masters of the Czech New Wave, Vojtech Jasny. The ending of the motion picture is sad. Emilia Vasaryova is arousing and sweet natured in the role of Cassandra.

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