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The Broken Jug (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Broken Jug' is a 1937 German historical comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayler and Max Glstorff. It is an adaptation of the play 'The Broken Jug' by Heinrich von Kleist. The film was popular with 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.
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 Kayler as Walter
*Max Glstorff as Licht
*Lina Carstens as Marthe Rull
*Angela Salloker as Eva Rull
*Bruno Hbner as Veit Tmpel
*Paul Dahlke as Ruprecht Tmpel
*Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Frau Brigitte
*Walter Werner as operator
*Erich Dunskus as beadle
*Gisela von Collande as Grethe
*Lotte Rausch as Liese
*Kthe Kamossa as villager
References
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