The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the blustering and bullying - and naive - village judge is the guilty one.
Vintage magazines
Mein Film 618 1937
Mein Film 618 1937
Mein Film 618 1937
Mein Film 618 1937
Mein Film 618 1937
Filmwelt 35/36, 16. September 1942
Filmwelt 35/36, 16. September 1942
Film programs
Articles on Der zerbrochene Krug
Marc Silberman,
Kleist in the Third Reich, Ucicky's The Broken Jug (1937), in: Eric Rentschler, German Film & Literature, New York & London, 1986