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The Shop on Main Street

Obchod na korze

Filmové Studio Barrandov (1965)

NR (Not Rated)

037429156124

8.2

10,436

drama | foreign | WWII

Czechoslovakia | Slovak | Black & White | 02:08

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An inept Czech peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him "Aryan controller" of an old Jewish widow's button shop. Humor and tragedy fuse in this scathing exploration of one cowardly man's complicity in the horrors of a totalitarian regime. Made near the height of Soviet oppression in the former Czechoslovakia, this film features intense editing and camera work which won the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Film in 1965.

Cast View all

	Ida Kaminska	Rozalia Lautmannová
	Jozef Kroner	Tono Brtko
	Frantisek Zvarík	Markus Kolkocký
	Hana Slivková	Evelyna Brtková
	Martin Hollý	Imro Kuchar
	Helena Zvaríková	Ruzena Kolkocká
	Martin Gregor	Jozef Katz
	Adám Matejka	Piti Báci
	Mikulas Ladizinsky	Marian Peter
	Alojz Kramar	Balko
	Eugen Senaj	Blau
	Tibor Vadas	Tobacconist
	Anton Balaz
	Ladislav Farkas	Young Man
	Ladislav Fecko
	Luise Grossova	Eliasová
	Juraj Herz	Jewish Man
	Stanislav Kubis
	Gita Misurova	Andoricová
	J. Mittelman	Danko Elias
	Ivan Palúch
	Frantisek Papp	Andoric
	Stefan Petrák
	Július Piussi
	Václav Podhorský

Crew View all

Director	Jan Kadar
	Elmar Klos
Writer	Ladislav Grosman, Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
Producer	Milos Broz, Jaromír Lukás
Musician	Zdenek Liska
Photography	Vladimir Novotny

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Edition details

Edition	Criterion
Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Standard (1.33:1)
Audio Tracks	CZECH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Subtitles	English
Distributor	Criterion Collection
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Sep 18, 2001
Regions	Region 1