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Aro Recommended Shop on High Street, The

 

aka: The Shop on Main Street
Czech Republic 1965, 124 minutes, Black & White
Dir. Jan Kadar
In Czech with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Comedy, Classics

Topics: Late-life.

 

Aroview: A key film of the Czech film renaissance of the 1960s, that explores 'everyday fascism' through the story of a Jewish shopkeeper who mistakes her "Aryan controller" for a new assistant. The grim theme belies an ironic comedy of truthful human observation.


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DVD Features

Criterion Edition.

  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
  • trailers
  • aspect ratio: 4:3 (original academy)
 

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Shop on High Street, The cover
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