The Shop on Main Street

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
• June 24, 1965
• Runtime
• 128 min
• Genres
• Drama, War
• Director
• Ján Kadár

Cast

Ida Kamińska Rozalia Lautmannová Jozef Kroner Antonin 'Tono' Brtko František Zvarík Markus Kolkocký

H

Hana Slivková Evelyna Brtková

M

Martin Hollý Imro Kuchár Elena Zvaríková-Pappová Ruzena Kolkocká Martin Gregor Jozef Katz Adam Matejka Piti Báci