The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a 2000 Anglo-German black and white surreal comedy. It has been described as an "avant-garde comedy about the Apocalypse", co-written and directed by Ben Hopkins.

Premise
On the last day of creation, a stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from but by the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.

Cast

 * Tom Fisher as No / Tomas Katz
 * Ian McNeice as Inspector
 * Tony Maudsley as Taxi Driver
 * Sachiko Hidari as Cuthbert Will Keen
 * Andrew Melville as Minister of Fish
 * Toby Jones as Civil Servant
 * Asif Kapadia as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
 * Kris Krishnamma as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
 * Jamille Jinnah as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
 * Sophie Bevan as Journalist
 * Trevor Thomas as Schlauch
 * Amelia Curtis as Underworld Announcer
 * Tilly Blackwood as Underworld Secretary
 * David de Keyser as Exhumed Rabbi
 * John Ramm as Ivul Gurk
 * Janet Henfrey as Janice Waily
 * Boyd Clack as Abel Mularchy
 * Tara Savage as Radiator Child
 * Callum Savage as Radiator Child
 * Oliver Parkes as Drumchild
 * Andrew Kötting as Taxi Driver
 * Graham Lawson as axi Driver
 * Joseph Greig as Astral Guide
 * Tim Barlow as Mr. Browne
 * Joan Oliver as Care Worker
 * Colin Weatherall as Bank Clerk
 * Sean Albuquerque as Geoff Plow
 * Jason Thorpe as Officer Willis
 * Togo Igawa as Japanese Scuba Diver
 * Kiki Kendrick as Suburban Mum
 * Stephen Pye as Suburban Son
 * Yvette Richardson as Police Secretary
 * Francesca Dowd as Tea Lady
 * Sadie Walters as Tea Lady
 * Thomas Q. Napper as Man Falling During 'Gripped'
 * Paul Ritter as Dave
 * Steven O'Donnell as Keith
 * Noah Taylor as Hyde Park Nutter
 * David Farr as Hyde Park Nutter
 * Kim Noble as Hyde Park Nutter
 * Tim Potter ad Apocalyptic Nutter
 * Andrew Harrison as Voice
 * India Martin as Voice
 * Josh De La Mare as Voice
 * Luke Morris as Voice
 * Catherine Gosling Fuller as Voice
 * Andy Lane as Voice

Critical response
Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian, "a distinctively English, rather than simply British, movie in its loopy, diverting surrealism...Nothing so obvious as a plot is allowed to cramp this movie's style as it swoops weirdly across the dream landscape of London like a demented, dishevelled bird." George Perry wrote on BBC Films, "this has to be one of the strangest films of the year, a weird apocalyptic vision shot in the most mundane of London surroundings, with all too obvious budgetary constraints pushed asunder by the sheer energy of the director's imagination."

Awards
The film was the winner of the Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award 2000, for director Ben Hopkins.