The Broken Jug (film)

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's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth.

Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the judge himself is the guilty one.

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