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.
Directed byJán Kadár, Elmar Klos
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Language
- SK
- Released
- June 24, 1965
- Revenue
- $1,450,000
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Ida Kamińska
Rozalia Lautmannová
Jozef Kroner
Antonin 'Tono' Brtko
František Zvarík
Markus Kolkocký
Hana Slivková
Evelyna Brtková
Martin Hollý
Imro Kuchár
Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
Ruzena Kolkocká
Martin Gregor
Jozef Katz
Adam Matejka
Piti Báci
Mikuláš Ladižinský
Marian Peter
Alojz Kramár
Balko
- Directed by
- Ján Kadár
Elmar Klos
- Written by
- Ladislav GrosmanElmar Klos
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