The Shop on Main Street
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named “Aryan comptroller” of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town’s corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he’s known before.
Director: Elmar Klos, Ján Kadár, Juraj Herz, René Mattes, Tomáš Škrdlant
Actors: Frantisek Zvarík, Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner
Keywords:aryan brother in law brother in law relationship button shop carpenter hearing impaired woman