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The Shop on Main Street

The Shop on Main Street

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 9, 1965

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

73%

Original Title

Obchod na korze

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Director

Ján Kadár

Revenue

$1,450,000

Description

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.