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The Shop On Main Street (1965)
About this film
The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak Republic. The film was written by Ladislav Grosman and directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. It follows a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter, Tóno Brtko, who is appointed as the "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's shop during World War II in Slovakia. As he struggles to communicate with the elderly owner, Rozália Lautmannová, they develop a bond, but Tóno faces a moral dilemma when he learns about the impending deportation of Jewish citizens. follows a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter, Tóno Brtko, who is appointed as the "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's shop during World War II in Slovakia. As he struggles to communicate with the elderly owner, Rozália Lautmannová, they develop a bond, but Tóno faces a moral dilemma when he learns about the impending deportation of Jewish citizens.
Directors & creators
Ladislav Grosman / Ján Kadár / Elmar Klos
Subjects
Czechoslovakian, tragicomedy, Nazi occupation, World War II
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