
The Shop On Main Street
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Initial release | Czechoslovakia |
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Directors | Ján Kadár |
Elmar Klos | |
Box office | 1. 45 million USD (US/ Canada) |
Posting publicly. | |
Awards | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
David di Donatello Golden Plate Award | |
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ID | 1000085 |
About The Shop On Main Street
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono (Jozef Kroner) is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie (Ida Kaminska). 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.