When the Cat Comes
Sep 20 1963
•2h 44m
•Comedy, Fantasy
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
Cast
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Jan Werich
Oliva
Emília Vášáryová
Diana
Vlastimil Brodský
Robert
Jiří Sovák
Karel
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