Movielogr
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Directed by Elmar Klos, Ján Kadár
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.
Length 128 minutes
Actors
Ida Kaminska | Jozef Kroner | František Zvarík | Hana Slivková | Martin Hollý | Elena Pappová | Martin Gregor | Adam Matejka | Mikulás Ladizinský | Alojz Kramar | Eugen Senaj | František Papp | Gita Mišurová | Luise Grossová | J. Mittelmann | Tibor Vadaš | František Bujdák | Andrej Šilan | Anton Baláž | Martin Hajný | Štefan Petrák | V. Sedláková | Ladislav Farkaš | Elena Šoltésová | Jozef Hatok | Milan Drotár | Július Piussi | Jozef Stražan | Oldřich Kratochvíl | F. Vychodil | Juraj Herz | Ladislav Fecko | Ivan Palúch | Stanislav Kubiš | Václav Podhorský | Zdeněk Skalický | Štefan Servátka | Jozef Príhoda | Pavel Simko | Ján Mišura | Jan Pelech | Viliam Záborský