The Shop on Main Street

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The Shop on Main Street ★★★★ The Shop on High Street; Obch Od Na Korze 1965

During WWII, a Slovak takes a job as an “Aryan comptroller” for a Jewishowned button shop. The owner is an old deaf woman; they slowly build a friendship. Tragedy ensues when all of the town's Jews are to be deported. Sensitive and subtle. Surely among the most gutwrenching portrayals of human tragedy ever on screen. Exquisite plotting and direction. In Czechoslovakian with English subtitles. 111m/B VHS, DVD . CZ Ida Kaminska, Josef Kroner, Hana Slivkoua, Frantisek Holly, Martin Gregor; D: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos; W: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos; C: Vladimir Novotny; M: Zdenek Liska. Oscars '65: Foreign Film; N.Y. Film Critics '66: Foreign Film.

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