The Shop on Main Street
1965
star
7.1
schedule
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.
Drama
War
people Cast
Ida Kamińska
Rozalia Lautmannová
Jozef Kroner
Antonin 'Tono' Brtko
František Zvarík
Markus Kolkocký
person
Hana Slivková
Evelyna Brtková
person
Martin Hollý
Imro Kuchár
Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
Ruzena Kolkocká
Martin Gregor
Jozef Katz
person
Adam Matejka
Piti Báci
person
Mikuláš Ladižinský
Marian Peter
person
Alojz Kramár
Balko
person
Eugen Senaj
Blau
person
František Papp
apartment Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
public Countries
Czechoslovakia