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The Shop on Main Street

Cast

Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý View All


Crew

Elmar Klos (Director), Elmar Klos (Writer), Ján Kadár (Director), Ján Kadár (Writer) View All

Release: Sep. 9th, 1965
Runtime: 2 hours, 8 minutes
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...
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mark f
Jozef Krner plays Tony, a poor carpenter (is this film really a Christian allegory?) who's informed one night by his fascist brother-in-law that he will become the "Aryan administrator" of a Jewish button shop owned by an elderly widow named Rosalie (Ida Kaminska, Oscar-nominated) who seem....


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