The Shop on Main Street (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Elmar Klos, Jan Kadar
IndiePix Price: $25.95
RUNTIME - 125 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 1965
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
GENRES - drama
Film Info
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.
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Awards
- Audience Award, Most Popular Film (Winner)
1968 Pilsen Film Festival (Pilsen, Czech Republic) - Best Actress (Nominee)
1967 Golden Globe Awards (Los Angeles, United States) - Best Actress (Nominee)
1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards (New York City, United States) - Best Direction (Nominee)
1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards (New York City, United States) - Best Foreign Language Film (Winner)
1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards (New York City, United States) - Oscar, Best Actress (Nominee)
1966 Academy Awards (Hollywood, United States)
