The Shop on Main Street (Obchod Na Korze) (1965)

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Directed by

Elmar Klos

Ján Kadár

Starring (View all)

Ida Kaminska
Rozalia Lautmannová

Jozef Króner
Antonin 'Tono' Brtko

Hana Slivková
Evelyna Brtková

Martin Hollý
Imro Kuchar

Adam Matejka
Piti Báci

Frantisek Zvarík
Markus Kolkocký

Mikulás Ladizinský
Marian Peter

Martin Gregor
Jozef Katz, barber

Written by (View all)

Ladislav Grosman
screenplay

Ján Kadár

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Description: The film starts out as a comedy-of-sorts, with Tony, the main character, as a run-of-the-mill, average joe carpenter in 1942 Czechoslovakia. Tony gets into arguments with his wife, who wishes her husband would show more initiative, and with his brother-in-law, who is a low-level fascist leader in the community. One night, after a rowdy (and very funny) night of drinking, Tony discovers that his brother-in-law has procured for him a small, downtown store that has been taken from a Jewish woman by the town's anti-Semitic ordinances. When Tony arrives to claim the store, he discovers a 78-year old woman, hard of hearing, who doesn' ... (more)

Release date: 24 January 1966
UPC: 037429156124

Tags: Czech (4), 1960s (4), Fascist (3), Holocaust (3), Slovakia (3), Painter (3), Nazi (3), Slovak (3), Jewish (3), Drama (3), Bird (3), (2), Occupation (2), Religion (2), Czechoslovakia (2), 1965 (2), Barber (2), Impersonation (1), Conductor (1), Remembrance (1)

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Elokuvapäiväkirja 2018 (556 movies items)

"Petollisen simpelillä ja humoristisella otteella alkava holokaustielokuva, joka muuttuu loppua kohden musertavan painostavaksi. Viimeinen kohtaus on yksinkertaisesti helvetin kaunis."