The Broken Jug (film)

The Broken Jug
German film poster
GermanDer zerbrochene Krug
Directed byGustav Ucicky
Written by
Based onThe Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist
Produced byKarl Julius Fritzsche
Fritz Klotsch
Starring
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byArnfried Heyne
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 19 October 1937 (1937-10-19)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman
Budget$350,000[1]

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.[2]

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

Reception

Karl Wilhelm Krause stated that The Broken Jug was among the films Adolf Hitler would watch when he was in a bad mood.[3]

References

  1. ^ "New London Filmer's Bilogual Jannings". Variety. 13 March 1934. p. 15.
  2. ^ Rentschler, Eric (1996). The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-674-57640-7.
  3. ^ Niven 2018, p. 12.

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