The Broken Jug (German: Der zerbrochene Krug) is a 1937 German historical comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler and Max Gülstorff. It is an adaptation of the play The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist. The film was a favorite of Adolf Hitler.
It was shot partly at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo.
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Plot
A village judge is trying a case to determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the judge himself is the guilty one.
Cast
Emil Jannings as Adam
Friedrich Kayßler as Walter
Max Gülstorff as Licht
Lina Carstens as Marthe Rull
Angela Salloker as Eva Rull
Bruno Hübner as Veit Tümpel
Paul Dahlke as Ruprecht Tümpel
Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Frau Brigitte
Walter Werner as operator
Erich Dunskus as beadle
Gisela von Collande as Grethe
Lotte Rausch as Liese
Käthe Kamossa as villager
Reception
Karl Wilhelm Krause stated that The Broken Jug was among the films Adolf Hitler would watch when he was in a bad mood.