Best on Max: The Shop on Main Street Watch and Cast Guide

The Shop on Main Street (1965) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Ida Kamińska as Rozalia Lautmannová; Jozef Kroner as Antonin 'Tono' Brtko; František Zvarík as Markus Kolkocký; Hana Slivková as Evelyna Brtková; Martin Hollý as Imro Kuchár; Elena Zvaríková-Pappová as Ruzena Kolkocká; Martin Gregor as Jozef Katz; Adam Matejka as Piti Báci

About The Shop on Main Street

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.

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• Resistance

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.