Obchod na korze

Duration: 128

Year Published: 1965

Creator: = Shop on main street / Barrandov Film Studio for Československý Film ; presented by Marie Desmarais, Eurofilm Ltd. ; head of production, Ladislav Hanuš ; screenplay by Ladislav Grosman, Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos ; directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Kadar, Jan.; Klos, Elmar.; Desmarais, Marie.; Hanus, Ladislav.; Grosman, Ladislav. Obchod na korze.; Novotný, Vladimir.; Škvor, Karel.; Janáček, Jaromír.; Heringová, Diana.; Liška, Zdeněk.; Króner, Jozef.; Kaminska, Ida.; Slivková, Hana.; Filmové studio Barrandov.; Eurofilm Ltd.; Prominent Films.; Audio Brandon Films.

Description: Production date taken from Audio Brandon catalog ; credits taken from AFI.; Original release title in Czechoslovakia: Obchod na korze.; Release title in the U.S.: The shop on main street.; U.S. prerelease title: The shop on high street.; "Based on the novel Obchod na korze by Ladislav Grosman (Prague, 1965."- AFI; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Photography, Vladimir Novotný ; art director, Karel Škvor ; film editor, Jaromír Janáček [and] Diana Heringová ; music, Zdeněk Liška.; American Film Institute Catalog: feature films, 1961-1970. p. 983; Audio Brandon Films: 16 mm Collection of International Cinema, 1976-77. v.1, p. 201; Josef Króner, Ida Kaminska, Hana Slivková, Frantisěk Zvarik, Elena Zvaríková, Martin Hollý, Martin Gregor, Adam Matejka, Mikuláš Ladižinský, Eugen Senaj, František Papp, Gita Mišurová, Luise Grossová, Alojz Kramár, Tibor Vadaš.; "Location scenes filmed in Sabinov in eastern Slovakia." - AFI; 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. When the Jews are ordered deported, the well-meaning Tono decides to shield her from the Nazis.; Czech dialogue with English subtitles.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE