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THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (OBCHOD NA KORZE) Czech Literature in Czech Film

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Wartime in the fascist Slovak state: although happy go lucky carpenter Jozef Kr6ner’s detested
brother-in-law gets him the supposedly cushy job of “Aryan controller” of Jewish widow Ida
Kaminska’s button shop, the oblivious old lady treats him as a simple assistant-but then the
deportation order comes down. “The most moving film about anti-Semitism” seen by Kenneth
Tynan, this moves from farce to Shakespearean tragedy, highlighted by Kr6ner’s overwhelming
performance and Polish stage star Kaminska’s Oscar-nominated one. The first ever Czechoslovak
film to win an Academy Award.

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Country: Czechoslovakia

Year: 1965

Directors: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos

Producers: Ladislav Hanus, Jaromir Lukas, Jordan Balurov

Director of Photography: Vladimir Novotny

Editors: Jaromir Janacek, Diana Heringova

Cast/Featuring: Jozef Kroner (Tono Brtko), Ida Kaminska (Rozalie Lautmannova), Hana Slivkova (Evelina Brtko), Frantisek Zvarik (Markus Kolkotsky), Martin Holly (Imro Kuchar)

Running Time (minutes): 122 min

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