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The Shop on Main Street (1965)

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Drama War
Release Date: 1965, June 24
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Martin Hollý, Jozef Kroner, Adam Matejka, František Zvarík, Viliam Záborský, Hana Slivková, Mikuláš Ladižinský, Alojz Kramár, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová, Ida Kamińska, Martin Gregor, Eugen Senaj

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

world war ii nazi holocaust (shoah) shopkeeper