The Shop on Main Street
dir. Ján Kadár
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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.
Directed byJán Kadár, Elmar Klos
StarringIda Kamińska, Jozef Kroner, František Zvarík, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
Written byLadislav Grosman, Elmar Klos, Ján Kadár
CinematographyVladimír Novotný
EditingJaromír Janáček
MusicZdeněk Liška
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · 2h 8m
Drama, War
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.
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