with committed social criticism that was quickly becoming one of the hallmarks of Slovak cinema and Czech cinema of the 1960s. All of these experiences and influences intersected to bring Kadár and Klos their enduring success with The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965), a compassionate and tormenting depiction of the dead-end street faced by many in Central Europe during the deportations of the Jews to German concentration camps during World War II. The film received several awards, including a foreign-language Oscar. Slovak and Czech film academics and critics still consider it the best film in the history of Slovak cinema. Kadár and Klos's work on their next project based on the Hungarian novel Something Is Drifting on the Water (Valamit visz a víz, 1928) by Lajos Zilahy, and, effectively, a remake of the Hungarian film with the English international title Something Is in the Water (Valamit visz a víz, dir. Gusztáv Oláh and Lajos Zilahy, 1943) was interrupted by the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Kadár and his family quickly resettled in the United States, and although he returned briefly to help finish the film released as Adrift (, , 1969), his involvement was limited by comparison to his previous work with Klos. That was also the last time that the two directors met. 1970s Ján Kadár's first film after immigration to the United States and his first solo feature film since 1950 was The Angel Levine (1970), a substantially modified version of Bernard Malamud's short story Angel Levine (1958). He later directed Lies My Father Told Me in Canada. Filmography Life Is Rising from the Ruins (Na troskách vyrastá život, 1945) They Are Personally Responsible for Crimes against Humanity (Sú osobne zodpovední za zločiny proti ľudskosti, 1946) They Are Personally Responsible for a Betrayal of the National Uprising (Sú osobne zodpovední za zradu na národnom povstaní, 1946) Katka (1950) The Hijacking; aka Kidnapped (Únos, 1952) Music from Mars (Hudba z Marsu, 1954) House at the Terminus (Tam na konečné, 1957) Three Wishes (Tři přání, 1958) Death Is Called Engelchen (, , 1963) Accused (Obžalovaný, also known as Defendant, 1964) The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965) Adrift (, , , 1969) The Angel Levine (1970) Lies My Father Told Me (1976) The Case against Milligan (1976) Freedom Road'' (1979) References 1918 births 1979 deaths Hungarian film directors Czechoslovak film directors Czechoslovak emigrants