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František Zvarík is a Actor Slovaque born on 17 july 1921 at Vrútky

František Zvarík

František Zvarík
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Nationality Slovaquie
Birth 17 july 1921 at Vrútky
Death 17 august 2008 (at 87 years) at Bratislava (Slovaquie)
Awards Zaslúžilý umelec (Česko-Slovensko)

František Zvarík (17 July 1921 – 17 August 2008) was an accomplished theater actor (over 50 years in Slovak National Theatre) and movie character actor. He has appeared in about two dozen Slovak films since the 1940s. Among his accomplishments is the key supporting role of the town commander Markuš Kolkotský in The Shop on Main Street, a film which won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Usually with

Elmar Klos
Elmar Klos
(2 films)
Ján Kadár
Ján Kadár
(2 films)
Zdeněk Srstka
Zdeněk Srstka
(1 films)
Martin Frič
Martin Frič
(1 films)
Josef Kemr
Josef Kemr
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of František Zvarík (6 films)

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Actor

The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
, 2h5
Directed by Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ida Kamińska, František Zvarík, Juraj Herz, Ivan Palúch
Roles Markus Kolkocký
Rating81% 4.0908954.0908954.0908954.0908954.090895
During World War II, a mild-mannered Slovak carpenter Anton "Tóno" Brtko (Jozef Kroner) is offered the chance to take over the sewing notions store of an old, near-deaf Jewish woman Rozália Lautmannová (Ida Kamińska) as a part of the enactment of an Aryanization regulation in the town. As Tóno attempts to explain to Mrs. Lautmannová, who is oblivious of the world outside and generally confused, that he has come to be her supervisor and owner of the store, Imrich Kuchár (Martin Hollý, Sr.), a Slovak opponent of Aryanization, steps in and reveals to Brtko that the business itself is less than profitable, as Lautmannová herself relies on donations. The Jewish community then offers the amiable Brtko a weekly payment if he does not give up the store, which would otherwise be given to a new, possibly ruthless Aryanizer. Tóno accepts and lets Mrs. Lautmannová believe he is her nephew who has come to help in the store. Their relationship grows, until the authorities round up the town's entire Jewish population for transport, and Tóno finds himself conflicted as to whether he should turn in the senile Mrs. Lautmannová, or hide her. When the woman finally becomes aware of the "pogrom" all around her, she panics, and in attempting to silence her, Tóno accidentally kills her. The realization devastates him, and he hangs himself.