The Shop on Main Street

(1965)Directed by Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos128 minDrama, 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.

Ida Kamińskaas Rozalia Lautmannová
Jozef Kroneras Antonin 'Tono' Brtko
František Zvaríkas Markus Kolkocký
HSHana Slivkováas Evelyna Brtková
MHMartin Hollýas Imro Kuchár
Elena Zvaríková-Pappováas Ruzena Kolkocká
Martin Gregoras Jozef Katz
Adam Matejkaas Piti Báci
Alojz Kramáras Balko
Eugen Senajas Blau
František Papp
Gita Mišurová
Lujza Grossová
J. Mittelmann
Tibor Vadašas Tobacconist
František Bujdák
Andrej Šilan
Anton Baláž
Martin Hajný
Štefan Petrák
V. Sedláková
Ladislav Farkaš
Elena Šoltésová