The Shop on Main Street
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| The Shop on Main Street | |
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| Directed by | Ján Kadár Elmar Klos |
| Produced by | Jordan Balurov M. Broz Karel Feix Jaromír Lukás Frank Daniel |
| Written by | Ladislav Grosman (also novel) Ján Kadár Elmar Klos |
| Starring | Ida Kaminska Jozef Kroner Frantisek Zvarík Hana Slivková Martin Gregor |
| Music by | Zdenek Liska |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Novotný |
| Editing by | Diana Heringova Jaromír Janácek |
| Distributed by | Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu |
| Release date(s) |  1965 24 January 1966 |
| Running time | 125 min. |
| Language | Czech and Slovak |
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The Shop on Main Street (Czech/Slovak: Obchod na korze) is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization programme during the Nazi occupation.
The film was written by Ladislav Grosman and directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. It was produced by Kadár and Klos with Jordan Balurov, M. Broz, Karel Feix, Jaromír Lukás, and Frank Daniel. It stars Jozef Kroner as Tono Brtko and Ida Kaminska as the Jewish widow Rozalie Lautmann.
The film won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Kaminska was nominated in 1966 for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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During World War II, a Slovak man named Tono Brtko is offered the chance to take over the sewing store of an old Jewish woman named Rozalie Lautmann, as a part of the enactment of an Aryanization regulation in the town. While attempting to explain to Mrs. Lautman that he has come to replace her, a member of the Jewish community reveals to Brtko that the business itself is less than profitable, as Lautmann herself relies on donations. The representative offers Brtko a substantial weekly payment in exchange for letting Mrs. Lautmann believe he has only come to help her in the shop. Their relationship grows, until the authorities round up the entire Jewish population of Sabinov for transport, and Brtko finds himself conflicted as to whether he should turn in the senile Mrs. Lauptmann, or hide her. When the woman finally becomes aware of the "pogrom" all around her, she panics, and in attempting to silence her, Brtko accidentally kills her. The realization devastates him, and he hangs himself.
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| Preceded by Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1965 |
Succeeded by A Man and a Woman |
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