The Shop on Main Street (1965)

The Shop on Main Street

Original title: Obchod na korze
Movie1965Not Rated2h 8m
DramaWar
8.2 / 10(10,474)

A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
2h 8m
Released
1965
Country
Czechoslovakia

Details

Release year: 1965

Storyline

A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.

Top credits

Cast
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Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Did you know

This movie was shot exclusively in the small Slovak city of Sabinov.

This was Czechoslovakia's official submission to 38th Academy Award's Foreign Language in 1966.

Features Ida Kaminska's only Oscar-nominated performance.

User reviews

9/10

Heartbreaking and Shattering

👍 46 · 4/29/2005
8/10

Tragic-Comic and Heartbreaking

👍 21 · 7/4/2010
9/10

admire the camera shots...and the editing

👍 19 · 4/28/2006

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White

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