"Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos' emotionally devastating holocaust drama The Shop on Main Street comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned Czech soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials are limited to the American theatrical trailer. Even without a bevy of extras, this disc represents the usual high-quality work consumers have come to expect from Criterion. Anyone with an interest in foreign films should certainly seek out this excellent DVD."

"Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos' emotionally devastating holocaust drama The Shop on Main Street comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned Czech soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials are limited to the American theatrical trailer. Even without a bevy of extras, this disc represents the usual high-quality work consumers have come to expect from Criterion. Anyone with an interest in foreign films should certainly seek out this excellent DVD."