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.
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Cast
42 people
Ida Kamińska
Rozalia Lautmannová
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Jozef Kroner
Antonin 'Tono' Brtko
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Markus Kolkocký
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Evelyna Brtková
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Marian Peter
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Balko
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Elmar Klos Director · Ján Kadár Director Ladislav Grosman Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.4M · United States release September 9, 1965 · Produced in XC, Czechia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,450,000
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Obchod na korze
Original language
Slovak
Spoken on screen
German · Polish · Slovak · Yiddish
Release dates
France · May 20, 1965
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · September 9, 1965
Limited theatrical · New York Film Festival
XC · October 8, 1965
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical · Alberto Bitelli Dist. mj.gov.br
France
May 12, 1966 · Theatrical
February 5, 2025 · Theatrical · Ressortie
Germany
November 10, 1965 · Theatrical
Greece
December 15, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Russia
May 23, 1966 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 24, 1965 · Theatrical · Original BBFC classification for cinema was A
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