The Shop on Main Street

Name: The Shop on Main Street
Director: Ján Kadár
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1965-06-24
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ida Kamińska, Jozef Kroner, František Zvarík, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý

Directed by Ján Kadár

Drama

War

19652h 8m7.1

Overview

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.