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The Shop on Main Street

Movie · 1965 · 128 min

A quiet, humane tragedy that slowly tightens around you, mixing gentle warmth with unbearable moral dread.

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1965 film by Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
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Class
Movie
Year
1965
Runtime
128 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • morality
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Written by
Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, Ladislav Grosman
Starring
Ida Kamińska, Juraj Herz, Jozef Kroner, František Zvarík, Martin Gregor, Martin Hollý, Ladislav Farkaš, Hana Slivková
Music
Zdeněk Liška
Cinematography
Vladimír Novotný
Runtime
128 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Yiddish, Slovak

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