The Shop on Main Street
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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The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak Republic. The film was written by Ladislav Grosman and directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. It follows a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter, Tóno Brtko, who is appointed as the "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's shop during World War II in Slovakia. As he struggles to communicate with the elderly owner, Rozália Lautmannová, they develop a bond, but Tóno faces a moral dilemma when he learns about the impending deportation of Jewish citizens. follows a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter, Tóno Brtko, who is appointed as the "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's shop during World War II in Slovakia. As he struggles to communicate with the elderly owner, Rozália Lautmannová, they develop a bond, but Tóno faces a moral dilemma when he learns about the impending deportation of Jewish citizens.
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- Director
- Ján Kadár
- Starring
- Ida Kamińska, Jozef Kroner, František Zvarík, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová, Martin Gregor, Adam Matejka
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