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The Shop on Main Street (1965) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1965 · 128 mins · Slovak
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- Directed by
- Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
- Starring
- Juraj Herz, Hana Slivková, Elena Zvaríková-Pappová, František Zvarík, Zdeněk Skalický, Andrej Šilan
In a Nazi‑occupied Slovak town during World War II, timid carpenter Tono becomes the “Aryan comptroller” of a button shop owned by the elderly Jewish widow Rozalie. The job gives him a salary and standing, pulling him between greed and guilt as a friendship grows. When officials order the town’s Jews to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral crisis.
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