When the Cat Comes Máté András A cavalcade of styles and Techniques (1956 - 1970)

Size: A2 1/2 Sheet (cca. 59 x 42 cm). The Cassandra Cat Czech Az prijde kocour also released under the titles When the Cat Comes The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses and or That Cat is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtech Jasny It tells the story of a mysterious traveling circus that arrives in a village accompanied by a sunglass wearing cat named Mokol Castellan Oliva Jan Werich watches the everyday life of his small sweet town from the gallery of a tower From that height he can afford to keep a tolerant view of the weaknesses and frailties of his fellow citizen Robert Vlastimil Brodsk a young teacher is preparing to marry his colleague Julie Jirina Bohdalov Robert invites Oliva to sit as a model in a drawing lesson The old man tells the children about his life as a sailor and about his first encounter with Diana the love of his life and her magical tom cat All of a sudden jolly music sounds from the square heralding the arrival of a strange circus To the surprise of both children and adults there is a magician sitting on the roof of a red car who is almost indiscernible from Oliva and a beautiful girl named Diana Em lia V s ryov with a tom cat wearing sunglasses on her lap At the close of that evening s performance by the magician Diana takes the sunglasses off her tom cat and people begin to change colour in front of his green eyes The unfaithful turn yellow the liars violet the thieves and highwaymen grey and those who are in love turn red source imdb com The film won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963 including the C S T Prize and Special Jury Prize Cannes source wikipedia org Very good, light fold marks and wear, small tears and paper loss.