The Shop on Main Street

Set during WWII Slovakia, this winner of the 1966 best foreign language film Academy Award tells a story of a friendship between Rozalie, an eldery Jewish widow, and Tono, a poor man without any guiding morals or principles who is appointed as an Aryan comptroller of her sewing material shop by the occupation authorities. Partly deaf and very confused, the old widow doesn't even know of the war. When Tono shows up in her store she thinks he is looking for employment and hires him. The odd couple begins to like each other and team up till the Nazis start to set out deportation operations. Tono must decide between turning her over to the Nazis or trying to hide her. Actress Ida Kaminska was also nominated for an Academy Award in the best actress in a leading role category.