The Shop on Main Street
Obchod na korze
1965
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) — 38th Academy Awards
- Director:
- Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
- Studio:
- Barrandov Studios
- Starring:
- Jozef Kroner, Ida Kamińska, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý, Sr., František Zvarík
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During World War II in the Nazi-aligned Slovak Republic, mild-mannered carpenter Tóno Brtko is appointed "Aryan controller" of a small notions shop owned by elderly, nearly deaf Jewish widow Rozália Lautmannová, who barely understands what is happening to her. Tóno, unable to bring himself to exploit her, instead quietly supports the failing shop himself while hiding the truth of the Aryanization program from her. When Slovak Jews are ordered deported, Tóno faces an impossible choice between saving Rozália and protecting himself, with catastrophic consequences either way.