Sabinov, Námestie slobody 74, old market hall

The historic centre and streets of Sabinov are lined with brick fortifications. The acclaimed film "The Shop on Main Street" also contributed to the popularity of the town. However, some fans of this film do not know that the interior scenes, e.g. when Brtko came to introduce himself to Mrs. Lautmann as her new aryanizator, were not filmed in the centre of Sabinov, but in the Barandov studio. However, the exterior of this scene belongs to the old market hall at 74 Námestie slobody Street. The haberdashery of the widow Lautman, was in fact a dry cleaner. The famous building was demolished and its exhibition was moved a few metres away. A great example of the creativity of the film makers and the film set is that the film makers worked very inventively with the film location. They took giant photos of the street that served as the view from Lautman’s shop, and these were displayed in front of the windows of the manufactured film set in Barandov. Thus the viewer could not even notice that the view from the shop window was not a real street, but a photograph of the town. The film makers coped with this task brilliantly.