The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street (Czech/Slovak: Obchod na korze; in the UK The Shop on the High Street) is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Aryanization programme during World War II in the Slovak State.
Plot
During World War II, a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter Anton "Tóno" Brtko is offered ownership of the sewing notions i.e. haberdasher store of an old, near-deaf Jewish woman, Rozália Lautmannová, as an Aryanization regulation is enacted. As Brtko attempts to explain to Lautmannová, who is oblivious to the world outside and generally confused, that he is now her supervisor and the owner of the store, Imrich Kuchár, a Slovak opponent of Aryanization, informs Brtko that the business is unprofitable and Lautmannová relies on donations. The Jewish community then offers to pay Brtko a salary if he nevertheless stays in charge, to prevent it being given to a new, possibly ruthless Aryanizer. He accepts and lets Lautmannová believe he is her nephew who has come to help.
Awards
Cast
- Adam Matejka
- Alojz Kramár
- František Zvarík
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- Ida Kamińska
- Jozef Kroner
- Juraj Herz
- Ladislav Farkaš
- Martin Gregor
- Martin Hollý
- Mikuláš Ladižinský
More details
| author | Elmar Klos Ján Kadár Ladislav Grosman |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Targa d'Oro |
| contentLocation | Sabinov |
| director | Elmar Klos Ján Kadár |
| editor | Diana Heringová Jaromír Janáček |
| events | The Holocaust World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | aryanization break dream sequence drink haberdasher jewish woman notion pogrom run sew sewing notions town square |
| musicBy | Zdeněk Liška |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| productionCompany | Barrandov Studios |
| theme | dance |