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The Broken Jug (film)

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The Broken Jug
German film poster

German	Der zerbrochene Krug

Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Thea von Harbou
Based on	The Broken JugbyHeinrich von Kleist
Produced by	Karl Julius Fritzsche Fritz Klotsch
Starring	Emil Jannings Friedrich Kayßler Max Gülstorff Lina Carstens
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	19 October 1937 (1937-10-19)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German
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 JugbyHeinrich von Kleist. The film was a favorite of Adolf Hitler.^[2]

It was shot partly at the Johannisthal StudiosinBerlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo.

Plot

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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

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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

References

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^ "New London Filmer's Bilogual Jannings". Variety. 13 March 1934. p. 15.

^ 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.

External links

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The Broken JugatIMDb

Films directed by Gustav Ucicky

Die Pratermizzi (1926)
Café Elektric (1927)
A Better Master (1928)
Restless Hearts (1928)
The Convict from Istanbul (1929)
The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (1930)
Hocuspocus (1930)
The Temporary Widow (1930)
Yorck (1931)
In the Employ of the Secret Service (1931)
Man Without a Name (1932)
Morgenrot (1933)
Refugees (1933)
At the End of the World (1934)
The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934)
Night in May (1934)
Joan of Arc (1935)
Under Blazing Heavens (1936)
Savoy Hotel 217 (1936)
The Broken Jug (1937)
Frau Sixta (1938)
Uproar in Damascus (1939)
A Mother's Love (1939)
Der Postmeister (1940)
Heimkehr (1941)
Late Love (1943)
The Heart Must Be Silent (1944)
After the Storm (1948)
Cordula (1950)
The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953)
The Witch (1954)
A Life for Do (1954)
The Hunter of Fall (1956)
The Saint and Her Fool (1957)
The Priest and the Girl (1958)
The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1958)
The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960)

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List of works
Films directed	Elisabeth and the Fool (1934) Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)
Films written	The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) The Wandering Image (1920) Destiny (1921) Four Around a Woman (1921) The Indian Tomb (1921) The Women of Gnadenstein (1921) The Burning Soil (1922) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Phantom (1922) The Expulsion (1923) The Stone Rider (1923) Princess Suwarin (1923) The Grand Duke's Finances (1924) Die Nibelungen (1924) Michael (1924) Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) Metropolis (1927) Spione (1928) Woman in the Moon (1929) M (1931) The First Right of the Child (1932) The Marathon Runner (1933) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) The Old and the Young King (1934) Princess Turandot (1934) What Am I Without You (1934) Turandot, Princess of China (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) An Ideal Husband (1935) Escapade (1936) The Impossible Woman (1936) A Woman of No Importance (1936) The Broken Jug (1937) Don't Promise Me Anything (1937) Mother Song (1937) The Ruler (1937) Covered Tracks (1938) The Woman at the Crossroads (1938) Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939) Stars of Variety (1939) Clarissa (1941) With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) A Wife for Three Days (1944) Via Mala (1945) Journey to Happiness (1948) A Day Will Come (1950) Dr. Holl (1951) Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953)
Novels written	The Indian Tomb (1918) Metropolis (1925) The Rocket to the Moon (1928)

v t e Adam and Eve
Source	Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis Adam Eve
Offspring	Cain and Abel Cain Abel Aclima Luluwa Seth Awan Azura Jumella
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Other cultures	Adam–God doctrine Adam and Eve in Mormonism Adam in Islam Adam in rabbinic literature Al-A'raf Book of Moses Endowment Manu (Hinduism) Mashya and Mashyana Serpent seed Tree of Jiva and Atman Tree of life (Quran) Our Lady of Endor Coven
Film	Mama's Affair (1921) Good Morning, Eve! (1934) The Broken Jug (1937) The Original Sin (1948) The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) El pecado de Adán y Eva (1969) La Biblia en pasta (1984) The Annunciation (1984) Second Time Lucky (1984) Adipapam (1988) Adam (1992) Babs (2000) The Last Eve (2005) Year One (2009) The Tragedy of Man (2011) Adam and Dog (2011) Tropico (2013)
Plays	Le Jeu d'Adam (12th century) The Broken Jug (1808) The Tragedy of Man (1861) The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
Musicals	The Apple Tree (1966) Dude (1972) Up from Paradise (1973) Children of Eden (1991)
Compositions	The Creation (1798) structure La mort d'Adam (1809) Ève (1875) Genesis Suite (1945) Lilith (2001)
Literature	Apocalypse of Adam Book of Moses Book of Abraham Books of Adam Book of the Penitence of Adam Cave of Treasures "El amigo de Él y Ella" Genesis A and Genesis B Harrowing of Hell Life of Adam and Eve Testament of Adam Testimony of Truth (3rd century) Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (6th century) "Old Saxon Genesis" (9th century) "Adam lay ybounden" (15th century) Paradise Lost (1667) Le Dernier Homme (1805) Extracts from Adam's Diary (1904) Eve's Diary (1905) The Book of Genesis (2009) The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve (2017)
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Songs	"Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again" "Adam-ondi-Ahman" (1835) "Forbidden Fruit" (1915) "The Garden of Eden" (1956) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968) "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance" (1970) "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" (1979)
Albums	The Cainian Chronicle (1996) Visions of Eden (2006) Snakes for the Divine (2010)
Geography	Adam-ondi-Ahman Tomb of Eve
Biology	Mitochondrial Eve Y-chromosomal Adam The Real Eve
Story within a story	Doraemon: Nobita's Diary on the Creation of the World Island of Love The Visitors
Television	"Adam & Eve" (1992) "Probe 7, Over and Out" (1963) "Simpsons Bible Stories" "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" "Daesong Heavy Industries II: Return to Innocence" "Holly Bibble"
Games	Demon: The Fallen (2002)
Other	Pre-Adamite Generations of Adam Cave of the Patriarchs Adam and Eve cylinder seal Genealogies of Genesis Carnal knowledge Legend of the Rood Ystorya Adaf Ransom theory of atonement

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