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Antonin "Tono" Brtko
Rozalia Lautmannová
Evelyna Brtková

Markus Kolkocký
Ruzena Kolkocká
Imro Kuchar
Critic Reviews for The Shop On Main Street (Obchod na Korze)
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The Shop on High Street has modest but solid virtues. It treats seriously -- that is, with a quiet realism that doesn't exclude humor -- a theme I can't recall having been attempted before except in documentaries.
August 13, 2019 | Full Review… -
Paul Newman makes an altogether likable person out of the central character, and I soon became so engrossed in watching him track down the daddy-nappers...
June 27, 2019 | Full Review… -
One of the more memorable films about the Holocaust.
February 9, 2007 | Rating: A | Full Review… -
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March 11, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
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July 13, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 -
The noted Polish actress Ida Kaminska was deservedly nominated for an Oscar for this serio-comic fable, set in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
June 17, 2005 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Shop On Main Street (Obchod na Korze)
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Jul 12, 2014A Czech man takes over a Jewish-run business at the behest of the town's Nazi occupiers. Filled with tense, ethical quandaries, this film is absolutely remarkable. As Tono takes over an elderly woman's shop and learns the Jewish community that supports her, his prejudices wane, but there is still a gulf between belief and action - a gulf that I suspect infected many in the wake of Nazi atrocities. His weak-willed inability to stand up for others and his pride-busting benefits from his job present him with serious ethical questions that he ultimately fails to resolve. The performances by Josef Kroner and Ida Kaminska are as compelling as actors can be, and the direction by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos is blithe and compelling. Overall, this is one of the finest films I've ever seen about WWII.Jim H Super Reviewer
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Mar 31, 2014Brilliantly acted but so very, very sad.jay n Super Reviewer
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Mar 20, 2014Absolutely gorgeous film about the one street corner in the middle of the Holocaust and how individuals averted some of the tragedy. Very very touching.John B Super Reviewer
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Mar 08, 2014The struggle to maintain a loyalty born out of an unusual friendship in the midst of war and racial persecution is explored with subtlety and great melancholy.Pierluigi P Super Reviewer
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