The Cassandra Cat

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 comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It is associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave.

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.