The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Obchod na korze
128 min
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.
- Release date
- May 20, 1965
- Country of origin
- XC
- Music
- Zdeněk Liška
- Box office
- $1,450,000
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Cast
- Ida Kaminska as Rozalia Lautmannová
- Jozef Kroner as Tono Brtko
- František Zvarík as Markus Kolkocký
- Hana Slivková as Evelyna Brtková
- Martin Hollý as Imro Kuchar
- Elena Zvaríková as Ruzena Kolkocká
- Martin Gregor as Jozef Katz
- Adam Matejka as Piti Báci
- Mikulás Ladizinský as Marian Peter
- Alojz Kramar as Balko
- Anton Balaz
Crew
- Ján Kadár · Director
- Elmar Klos · Director
- Ladislav Grosman · Writer
- Ján Kadár · Writer
- Elmar Klos · Writer
- Miloš Brož · Producer
- Jaromír Lukás · Producer
- Zdeněk Liška · Composer
- Vladimír Novotný · Cinematographer
- Diana Heringová · Editor
- Jaromír Janáček · Editor
- Karel Škvor · Production designer