Tuesday | March 14, 2000 9:00 pm

The Broken Jug
(Der zerbrochene Krug)

Directed by Gustav Ucicky and Emil Jannings.
With Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayssler, Lina Carstens.
Germany, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 85 min.
German with English subtitles.

Reputed to be Hitler’s favorite film, The Broken Jug revolves around a judge’s attempts to conceal his drunken midnight ramblings. Try as he might, however, his bruises, blunders, and malapropisms betray him. The Nazi adaptation of Kleist’s classical play focuses its attentions on how justice and civil society have been undermined by a servant of the state who has allowed his private pursuits to interfere with his public duties.

March 6 – April 25, 2000

The Broken Jug
(Der zerbrochene Krug)

Part of film series

Films in the Third Reich: The Power of Images and Illusions Screenings

Part of film series

Films in the Third Reich: The Power of Images and Illusions Screenings

Screenings from this program March 2000

Monday06March

Kautschuk

Tuesday07March

The Emperor of California

Tuesday14March

The Broken Jug

Monday20March

Germany Awake!

Tuesday21March

UFA: Myth and Truth

April 2000

Monday03April

The False Step

Tuesday04April

La Habañera

Tuesday11April

Titanic

Sunday16April

The Great Sacrifice

Tuesday18April

Münchhausen

Sunday23April

Under the Bridges

Tuesday25April

Romance in a Minor Key

Screenings from this program
March 2000