The Shop on Main Street 1965

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Drama War

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 1965-09-09
Runtime 2h 8m
Directors Elmar Klos, Ján Kadár, Vladimír Novotný, Juraj Herz, René Mattes, Tomáš Škrdlant
Producers Jaroslav Prokop, Miloš Brož, Karel Feix
Writers Ladislav Grosman, Ladislav Grosman, Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, Miloš Brož