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Obchod na korze [videorecording] / Parallel title on container: Shop on Main Street. , Czech Republic - [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001. - 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection ; 130. The Classic collection. . - Criterion collection ; 130. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .

Title from opening frames. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel by Ladislav Grosman. Includes short summary, cast and credits on insert by Ján Kadár in container. Special features: new digital transfer; U.S. theatrical trailer; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.

Music, Zdeněk Liška. Music, Zdeněk Liška.

Josef Kroner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivkova.

In 1942, Tono and his wife are struggling because of his antipathy towards the fascist regime. His brother-in-law, the local fuehrer, chooses Tono to oversee a button shop owned by a sweet, harmless Jewish widow, Mrs. Lautman. Unable to explain his position to Mrs. Lautman, Tono gradually accepts her belief that he is her assistant. When the Jews are ordered deported, the well-meaning Tono decides to shield her from the Nazis.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD; full screen (1.33:1); Dolby digital mono.


Czech/Slovak with optional English subtitles.

ISBN: 078002401X 9780780024014

Standard No.: 037429156124

Publisher. No.: SHO130 Criterion Collection

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Czechoslovakia--Drama.

Subjects--Index Terms: Světová válka, 1939-1945 Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
War films.
Film adaptations.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .S56 1965

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72