The Shop on Main Street

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Obchod na korze

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.

Date of release
1965-06-24
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (233)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Sabinov
  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 3. Including: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Targa d'Oro

The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak Republic.

Production

The film was a collaborative effort between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This collaboration was primarily due to the difficulties faced by the filmmakers in securing funding and logistical support within Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia offered both financial support and access to locations that closely resembled the wartime Slovak setting of the story.

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