The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Starring Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková
Directed by Elmar Klos,Ján Kadár
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.
Runtime: 128 min.
Rating: 8.0
DVD
Languages: ,Slovenian
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Genres: Drama,War
Keywords: holocaust (shoah),nazi,slovakia,shopkeeper,time of war
Cast
Rozalia Lautmannová
Antonin 'Tono' Brtko
Evelyna Brtková
Imro Kuchar
Piti Báci
Ruzena Kolkocká
Jozef Katz
Jewish Man
Markus Kolkocký
Marian Peter
Balko
Blau
Tobacconist