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The Shop on Main Street (1965) | User Rating
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Original title: Obchod na korze
Running Time
2 hours, 8 minutes
Country Czechoslovakia
Studio Barrandov Film Studios
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Shop on Main Street
• The Shop on High Street
• The Small Shop on Main Street
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Genre: Drama, World War II, Betrayal
Plot: In World War II Slovakia, an easygoing carpenter, Tono (Jozef Króner) is pressured to move up in the world by his ostentatious wife and fascist brother-in-law. He takes the job of "Aryan comptroller" in a button shop owned by an aging Jewess, Rosalie (Ida Kaminska) who barely seems aware that there is a war unraveling the solidarity of the small town. Tono works as Rosalie's assistant and they develop a touching and sometimes funny friendship. When the deportations to the concentration camps take place, Rosalie is somehow overlooked. Against the warnings of his wife, Tono protects Rosalie from the next roundup, but not without tragic consequences.Like Jiri Menzel's CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS and Milos Forman's LOVES OF A BLONDE, Kadar's film emerged from a movement of unconventional artistic filmmaking called the Czech New Wave (1963-1968). THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET was the first Czechoslovakian film to win the Best Foreign Film Academy Award has become one of the most acclaimed and cherished films of the 1960s. Kadar mixes documentary and fiction techniques to create a subtle style that is tragically realistic yet softly dreamlike. The capricious Kaminska was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award and Króner gives an impassioned performance that is unforgettable.
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| Directed by |
Ján Kadár
Touha zvaná Anada, Music from Mars, Death Is Called Engelchen | Elmar Klos
Touha zvaná Anada, Music from Mars, Death Is Called Engelchen |
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| Written by |
| Ján Kadár
Nevíte o byte?, Touha zvaná Anada, Music from Mars |
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| Cast |
Jozef Króner
The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodbye, Tisícrocná vcela, Pacho, the Thief of Hybe |
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Ruzové sny, Slávnost v botanickej záhrade, Volanie démonov | Martin Hollý
O dve slabiky pozadu, The Salt Prince, Cesta peklem | Adám Matejka
Terezu bych kvuli zádné holce neopustil, Statocný zlodej, Noc nevesty | | | |
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| Music By |
Zdenek Liska
The Cremator, Markéta Lazarová, A Deadly Invention |
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