Drama ·War · Czechoslovakia · 1965 · 2h 8m

The Shop on Main Street

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The Shop on Main Street poster
Director
Ján KadárElmar Klos
Cast
Ida Kamińska as Rozalia Lautmannová Jozef Kroner as Antonin 'Tono' Brtko František Zvarík as Markus Kolkocký Hana Slivková as Evelyna Brtková Martin Hollý as Imro Kuchár Elena Zvaríková-Pappová as Ruzena Kolkocká
Crew
Vladimír Novotný — Director of Photography Jaromír Janáček — Editor Zdeněk Liška — Original Music Composer Ladislav Grosman — Screenplay Ján Kadár — Screenplay Elmar Klos — Screenplay
Synopsis

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.

Trailer The Shop on Main Street — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
naziholocaust (shoah)world war iishopkeeper
Key Collaborators
Ján Kadár Director Elmar Klos Director Vladimír Novotný Director of Photography Jaromír Janáček Editor Zdeněk Liška Original Music Composer Ladislav Grosman Screenplay Ján Kadár Screenplay Elmar Klos Screenplay Ladislav Grosman Novel Karel Škvor Production Design
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